Omicron Aurigae
Omicron Aurigae, Latinized from ο Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for an astrometric binary star system in the northern constellation of Auriga. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.47, it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of , it is approximately distant from Earth. The star is a member of the Ursa Major stream of co-moving stars. The visible component is a chemically peculiar star with a stellar classification of ; meaning this is an A-type star with a spectrum that shows abnormally high abundances of chromium (Cr) and europium (Eu ). A magnetic field has been detected and it is a source of X-ray emission with a luminosity of: log "L" = 29.1. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 29 km/s and is radiating 95 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,660 K.