CAPELLA (Alpha Aurigae). In early mid-northern winter evenings, Capella shines almost directly overhead, and is one of the three bright stars spread around the northern sky, the others Arcturus of spring and Vega of summer.
The Solar System is located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years (8.3 kpc) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust.