Capella in Auriga

Posted by Phillymanjaro
on Saturday, August 13, 2016

"Capella" is the 6th brightest star on the northern celestial hemisphere. It is located in the constellation Auriga. It is a star system of four stars with two binary pairs. The Capella system is about 42.2 light years away.

Captured with a Celestron CGEM, AT6RC, single 260 Sec Exp guided with a ZWOASI120MC, ST-80

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