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	494 sq. deg. Ranked 34th
Number of stars (Bayer-Flamsteed)	50
Number of bright stars (magnitude < 3)	5
Number of nearby stars (Distance < 100 ly)	4
Brightest star	Canopus (α Car) (App. magnitude −0.7)
Nearest Star	I Car (Distance: 52.9 ly)
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 (IPA: /kəˈriːnə/, Latin: 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.

[edit] Notable and named stars

BD	Names and other designations	Mag.	Ly away	Comments
α	Canopus, Alpha Carinae, Suhail	−0.72	313	< Canōpus < Κάνωπος < سهيل Suhail
β	Beta Carinae, Miaplacidus	1.68	111	< مياه miyāh waters + placidus placid = Placid Waters
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, Vathorz Posterior	2.76	439	< (Old-Norse vatn for "water" fused with Latin horizont for "horizon line" to form vathorz) "The Waterline" (alongside a boat) + Latin posterior for succeeding
υ	Upsilon Carinae, Vathorz Prior	2.92	1620	< (Old-Norse vatn for "water" fused with Latin horizont for "horizon line" to form vathorz) "The Waterline" (alongside a boat) + Latin prior for preceding
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, Drys, Drus	3.46	387	< δρυς drus Oak or oak tree (The prow of the Argo was built of oak wood from the oracle of Dodona.) 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