Capella

Capella

I chose this star because in the top 10 list of the brightest stars in the night sky it came in sixth. Not only that, it is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga and the second brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere. In the night sky it appears to be a solid white-yellowish color but this varies depending on the time in which you are looking at it. Unique to this star is that it bears two more type G giants both having a radius of about 10 times the sun.

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  • StarCapella
  • Chemical Components: Hydrogen, Calcium, Helium, and metals
  • Location in space
    • Right Ascension-05 Hours 16 Minutes 41.3591 seconds
    • Declination: +45 degrees 59'52.768
  • Spectrum analysis of most abundant chemical: Calcium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium
  • Stellar Classification: G5IIIe+G0IIII


http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/Monarch/341

References:
http://kendallschemblog.blogspot.com/p/eris.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capella

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