Carina (constellation)

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Carina
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Abbreviation	Car
Genitive	Carinae
Symbology	the Keel (of the Argo Navis)
Right ascension	9 h
Declination	−60°
Area	List of constellations by area>Ranked 34th
Number of stars (magnitude < 3)	5
Brightest star	Canopus (α Car) (Apparent magnitude>App. magnitude −0.7)
Meteor showers	Alpha Carinids Eta Carinids
Bordering constellations	Vela Puppis Pictor Volans Chamaeleon Musca Centaurus
Visible at latitudes between +20° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of March
Carina (Latin for keel) is a southern constellation which forms part of the old constellation of Argo Navis. It contains Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky, and the supermassive star Eta Carinae which is embedded in the naked eye visible Carina Nebula NGC 3372. Notable and named stars BD Names and other designations Mag. Ly away Comments α Canopus, Alpha Carinae, Suhail −0.72 313 < Canōpus < Κάνωπος β Beta Carinae, Miaplacidus 1.68 111 < مياه miyāh waters + placidus placid ε Epsilon Carinae, Avior 1.86 632 eclipsing binary ι Iota Carinae, Aspidiske, Turais, Scutulum 2.25 692 < Scutulum "little shield" < تُرَيْس Turais Shield [dimunitive] θ Theta Carinae 2.76 439 υ Upsilon Carinae 2.92 1620 ω Omega Carinae 3.29 370 p PP Carinae, p Carinae 3.30 497 Gamma Cassiopeiae variable q V337 Carinae, q Carinae 3.39 736 Irregular variable a V357 Carinae, a Carinae 3.43 419 eclipsing binary χ Chi Carinae 3.46 387 Beta Cephei variable l HD 84810, l Carinae 3.69 1510 Cepheid variable u u Carinae 3.78 96.8 s HD 90853, s Carinae 3.81 1040 c HD 76728, c Carinae 3.84 312 x V382 Carinae, x Carinae 3.93 >3000 Cepheid variable hypergiant i HD 79447, i Carinae 3.96 499 I I Carinae 3.99 52.9 h HD 83183, h Carinae 4.08 1980 d V343 Carinae, d Carinae 4.31 1410 Beta Cephei variable g HD 80230, g Carinae 4.34 536 N N Carinae 4.35 1760 A A Carinae, V415 Carinae 4.41 553 eclipsing binary r HD 91942, r Carinae 4.45 1380 G G Carinae 4.47 454 f f Carinae, V344 Carinae 4.50 546 Gamma Cassiopeiae variable m HD 83944, m Carinae 4.51 224 w w Carinae, V520 Carinae 4.58 1070 irregular variable y y Carinae, V533 Carinae 4.59 >4000 Alpha Cygni variable z¹ z1 Carinae 4.62 370 P P Carinae, V399 Carinae 4.65 2000 Cepheid variable E E Carinae, V345 Carinae 4.66 1080 Gamma Cassiopeiae variable t² HD 92397, t² Carinae 4.69 1850 K K Carinae 4.72 259 B B Carinae 4.74 69.8 k HD 81101, k Carinae 4.79 223 η Eta Carinae, Tseen She, Foramen 4.8 hypergiant luminous blue variable < 天社 (Mandarin tiānshè) Heaven's altar D D Carinae 4.81 542 e² HD 73389, e² Carinae 4.84 230 b¹ V376 Carinae, b¹ Carinae 4.93 621 Beta Cephei variable Q Q Carinae 4.93 394 L L Carinae 4.97 430 t¹ HD 92063, t¹ Carinae 5.08 269 z² z2 Carinae, V371 Carinae 5.11 >3000 Alpha Cygni variable M M Carinae 5.15 304 C C Carinae 5.16 242 b² HD 77370, b² Carinae 5.17 85.4 e¹ HD 73390, e¹ Carinae 5.27 960 H H Carinae 5.46 792 O O Carinae, V448 Carinae 5.60 598 semiregular variable T Carinae 5.93 306 S Carinae 6.94 1320 Mira variable R Carinae 7.43 416 Mira variable HD 65216 7.98 116 has a planet Source: [The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed.], [The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200] See also Constellations changed by Lacaille in 1763 Argo Navis split into Carina | Puppis | Vela Eridanus split into Eridanus | Fornax Sagittarius | Corona Australis altered to create Telescopium Centaurus | Lupus altered to create Circinus External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] [The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Carina] [Starry Night Photography: Carina]   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: