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810 B
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name: Capella (α Aur)
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constellation: Aur
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created_by: editor.cs
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created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
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updated_by: skybber
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updated_date: 2022-01-21 17:46:20.927878
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the brightest star in the constellation and the sixth brightest star in the sky (0.1 mag). It does not set in our area. It is the northernmost in the Winter Hexagon of bright stars. With the naked eye, we can see its yellow hue. It is 43 light years away and its true luminosity is 160 times that of the Sun. It is one of the most famous spectroscopic binaries that orbit around a common point, with an orbit that lasts 108 days. In terms of spectrum and surface temperature, they are comparable to our Sun. The masses reach 2.5 and 2.5 times that of the Sun, respectively, and one of the stars is 78 and 72 times more luminous than the Sun. |