Xi Aurigae is a single,[ white-hued star in the northern constellation of Auriga. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ξ Aurigae, and abbreviated Xi Aur or ξ Ari. This star was once considered part of the constellation of Camelopardalis and held the Flamsteed designation 32 Camelopardalis.][ It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.0.][ The measured annual parallax shift of this star is ,][ which corresponds to a physical distance of with a 3 light-year margin of error. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.108 due to interstellar dust.][ The star is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −13 km/s.][
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This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 Va.[ Although it was one of the first stars to be cataloged as a Lambda Boötis star, Murphy et al. (2015) don't consider it to be a member of this population.][ The star has nearly twice][ the mass of the Sun and about 1.1][ times the Sun's radius. It is an estimated 174][ million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 62 km/s.][ Xi Aurigae is radiating 49.5][ times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 9,152 K.][
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