Capella
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Capella can refer to:
- Capella (star)Capella (star)Capella is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, the sixth brightest star in the night sky and the third brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus and Vega. Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, it is actually a star system of four stars in...
, a bright star in the constellation of Auriga - Capella (crater)Capella (crater)Capella is a lunar crater in diameter that lies to the north of the Mare Nectaris, in a rugged region with many small impact craters. It intrudes slightly into the eastern rim of the crater Isidorus, a feature only slightly smaller in diameter....
, an impact crater on the Moon - Capella, QueenslandCapella, QueenslandCapella is a small town in Central Highlands, Queensland midway between Emerald and Clermont on the Gregory Highway. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 796....
, a small town in Central Queensland - Capella IslandCapella IslandCapella Island is a 230-acre uninhabited island that is owned by the United States Virgin Islands. It is located about 2 miles south of the island of St. Thomas. It is adjacent to Buck Island, home of Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge, about twice the size of Capella...
, a minor island of the U.S. Virgin Islands - Capella UniversityCapella UniversityCapella University is a for-profit co-educational university with partial residency requirements during the course of study, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The school is owned by the publicly traded Capella Education Company...
, an online academic institution based in Minneapolis, Minnesota - Mazda CapellaMazda CapellaThe second generation rear-wheel drive Capella was available between 1978 and 1982, in both sedan and coupe forms. It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda...
, a model of automobile manufactured by Mazda - USS CapellaUSS CapellaUSS Capella. may refer to:, built in 1920 as the Comerant by American International Shipbuilding, a vehicle cargo ship launched on 1 September 1972...
, a cargo ship in the United States Navy - Capella notation programCapella notation program-Versions:The current version is Capella Professional 7.1, which includes guitar chord notation ability, and guitar tab writing functions, in addition to the standard music notation tools. The program's major selling point is its user friendly interface....
, a music scorewriter by WHC software - GallinagoGallinagoGallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 16 species. This genus contains the majority of the world's snipe species, the other three extant genera being Coenocorypha, with two species, and Lymnocryptes, the Jack Snipe. Morphologically, they are all similar, with a...
or Capella, a genus of snipes - CapellaCapella, AragonCapella is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2009 census , the municipality has a population of 382 inhabitants.-Villages:*Capella, 312*Llaguarres, 75*Pociello, 17...
, a municipality in Huesca, Spain
People with the name
- Felix CapellaFelix CapellaFelix Capella was a race walker from Canada, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won the silver medal at the 50 km event at the 1967 Pan American Games, and bronze in the 20 km race....
, Canadian race walker - James Capella, American martial artist
- Martianus CapellaMartianus CapellaMartianus Minneus Felix Capella was a pagan writer of Late Antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education...
, writer and astronomer of late antiquity
See also
- CappellaCappellaCappella was an Italian Eurodance act formed in 1987 by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti. The act went through a number of line-up changes over the years but was most successful in the early 1990s when it was fronted by British performers Kelly Overett and Rodney Bishop...
, an electronic music group - A cappellaA cappellaA cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
, vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment - A cappella (disambiguation)