HD 51418 is an Ap star and an α2 CVn variable located about 178 parsecs (580 ly) away in the northern constellation of Auriga. With an apparent magnitude varying around 6.6 and a spectral type of A0, it can be faintly visible by the naked eye as a whitish dot under very good circumstances. The star has been noted as an "extreme lanthanide star," with an overabundance of metals including europium, dysprosium, and holmium, which can be observed in the star's spectra as emission lines.