kangaroo, pursued and killed by the nearby Gemini twins, Yurree (Castor) and Wanjel (Pollux). The Wardaman people of northern Australia knew the star as Yagalal, a ceremonial fish scale, related to Guwamba the barramundi (Aldebaran). Namesakes Capella, a lunar crater to the north of the Mare Nectaris, not named after the star and USNS Capella (T-AKR-293), both U.S. Navy ships Mazda Capella, a model of automobile manufactured by Mazda See also Capella in fiction List of brightest stars List of nearest bright stars Historical brightest stars Notes References Sources G-type giants K-type giants M-type main-sequence stars RS Canum Venaticorum variables Spectroscopic binaries 4 Hyades Stream Auriga (constellation) Aurigae, Alpha BD+45 1077 Aurigae, 13 0194 034029 024608 1708 Stars with proper names