What is Capella?
Q: What is Capella?
A: Capella is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, and the eleventh brightest star in the night sky.
Q: How many stars are in the Capella star system?
A: The Capella star system consists of four stars in two binary pairs.
Q: What type of stars are in the first pair of binary stars in the Capella system?
A: The first pair of binary stars in the Capella system consists of two bright, large type-G giant stars.
Q: What is the radius of each star in the first pair of binary stars in the Capella system?
A: Each star in the first pair of binary stars in the Capella system has a radius about 10 times the Sun's radius.
Q: What type of stars are in the second pair of binary stars in the Capella system?
A: The second pair of binary stars in the Capella system consists of two faint, small and relatively cool red dwarfs.
Q: How far is the Capella system from Earth?
A: The Capella system is relatively close, at only 42.2 light-years (12.9 pc) from Earth.
Q: What group of stars is the Capella system a member of?
A: The Capella system is a member of the Hyades moving group, a group of stars moving in the same direction as the Hyades cluster.
