You can see how the yellow star Capella smoothly move relative to other stars during 2 million years. Throughout the video, Capella is in the center of the screen.
We see that 470 thousand years ago an optical merge of Capella and red Aldebaran could be observed in the sky. There is another video on this topic: Capella Met Aldebaran 470 Thousand Years Ago.
About 240 thousand years ago, Capella passed at a distance of 8.87 parsecs from the Sun and shined as brightly as Canopus currently shines.
Capella is currently located in the constellation Auriga.
After one million years, Capella will be against the background of a scattered cluster of Hyades. The movement of the Hyades cluster is viewed in detail in the following two videos:
Hyades Flew Near us 800 Thousand Years Ago
Hyades Flew Near us 800 Thousand Years Ago (No Comments and No Stops)
Please note, I’ve started drawing stars a little differently now. You can watch my another video about the meeting of Capella and Aldebaran. Previously, the whole Capella looked yellow. Aldebaran looked entirely red. Now both stars are drawn in white, but Capella has a yellow halo, Aldebaran has a red halo. In my opinion, now the stars look even more realistic.
The video was made using own software. Information about the stars is taken from the Hipparcos catalogue.
The track ‘One Step Closer’ by Aakash Gandhi sounds in this video.
