五车二 （御夫座α）是御夫座最亮的恒星，也是全天第六亮星，在北半球仅次于大角星和织女星，是北天第三亮星。它的英文名称源自拉丁文，原意是小山羊。拜耳命名法指定它是α星，缩写为α Aurigae、α Aur或Alpha Aur。虽然以裸眼看它似乎只是一颗恒星，但它实际上是一个恒星系统，是由4颗恒星组成的两对联星。第一对的两颗暨大且亮，是G-型巨星，每颗的直径都是太阳的10倍，质量是太阳质量的2.5倍，在很靠近的轨道上互绕着。这两颗星各自的名称是五车二Aa和五车二Ab，未来也都会逐渐冷却和膨胀，演化成为红巨星。第二对，与第一对相距大约10,000天文单位，且两颗都是黯淡、低质量、和相对较低温的红矮星。它们的名称分别是五车二H和五车二L，而从C到G和I到K，则是在同一个视野中，但其实毫无关连性的其它恒星。五车二的系统相对邻近地球，距离只有42.2光年（12.9秒差距） 。

Capella is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, the sixth brightest in the night sky and the third brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus and Vega. Its name is derived from the diminutive of the Latin feminine capra "goat", hence "little she goat". Capella also bears the Bayer designation Alpha Aurigae (often abbreviated to α Aurigae, α Aur or Alpha Aur). Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, it is actually a star system of four stars in two binary pairs. The first pair consists of two bright, type-G giant stars, designated Capella Aa and Capella Ab, in a very tight circular orbit some 0.76 AU apart and a derived orbital period of 104 days.