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Mu Aurigae (μ Aur μ Aurigae) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.88. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.32 ± 0.81 mas This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A4 Vm; the ‘m’ suffix indicating that abnormal abundances of heavier elements appear in the star’s spectrum making this an Am star.

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