Capella
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The star Capella is less than 50 light years from the sun. Although it appears to be a single star, it is actually a quad system comprised of a pair of binary stars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2021-08-28 to 2021-08-28 | |
| Lights: | 25 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 4 m | |
| Ra: | 5h 18m 16.1s | |
| Dec: | +46° 00' 52.475 | |
| Size: | 62.009 x 40.739 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.618 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.824 arcsec/pixel |