Arabic star names / Capella
Capella
العيوق
Capella comes from the Arabic العيوق (al-ʿAyyūq), which means “al-ʿAyyūq (meaning debated)”. It is the 6th-brightest star in the sky, in Auriga.
- Brightness
- 0.08
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Best seen
- January evenings
- Right ascension
- 5h 17m
- Declination
- +45° 60′
The name
One of the oldest Arabic star names. Scholars still debate exactly what al-ʿAyyūq means. Capella is Latin for 'little she-goat'.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 44°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 69° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 84° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 10° above the horizon.
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