Carina
Genitive: Carinae
Southern
494 sq°
Car
Brightest star: Canopus
Mythology
Once part of the great constellation Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts. Carina represents the keel of the ship.
Observing Highlights
Home to Canopus, the second brightest star, the Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372), and rich open clusters IC 2602 and NGC 3532.
Main Stars
20
Main Stars
20HIP 30438; Alpha Car
-0.72 mag
A9II
HIP 45238; Beta Car
1.68 mag
A1III-
HIP 41037; Epsilon Car
1.86 mag
0.4″
B: 3.9
K3: III + B2: V
HIP 45556; Iota Car
2.25 mag
A7Ib
HIP 52419; Theta Car
2.76 mag
B0.2Vp
HIP 48002; Upsilon Car
3.01 mag
5.1″
B: 6.0
A6Ib
HIP 50099; Omega Car
3.32 mag
B8IIIe shell
HIP 51576
3.32 mag
B4Ve
HIP 50371
3.40 mag
K2.5II
HIP 45080
3.44 mag
B2.5V
HIP 38827; Chi Car
3.47 mag
B3IV
HIP 47854
3.69 mag
3.32 - 4.12
DCEP
G5Iab/Ib
3.78 mag
160.4″
B: 6.2
K0IV
3.82 mag
F0Ib
3.84 mag
B8IIMn metallic lines
HIP 54463
3.91 mag
G5 0-Ia
3.97 mag
B3III
4.00 mag
F2IV
4.08 mag
B5II
HIP 42568
4.33 mag
B1.5III
Double Stars
15
Double Stars
15
4.66 mag
14.6″
B: 7.5
K4-5III:
HIP 48002; Upsilon Car
6.26 mag
5.0″
B: 6.0
A8 IB
6.05 mag
9.0″
B: 6.5
F0-2IV-V
6.60 mag
9.0″
B: 6.5
G0V:e
6.21 mag
4.2″
B: 6.9
B7III
5.92 mag
27.1″
B: 8.0
M1III
HIP 48002; Upsilon Car
3.01 mag
5.1″
B: 6.0
A6Ib
5.16 mag
4.1″
B: 7.6
A2V
HIP 43937
4.92 mag
40.1″
B: 6.6
B2IV-V
6.43 mag
82.2″
B: 7.5
M2IIIe
6.10 mag
40.4″
B: 7.9
B2IV-V
5.67 mag
2.6″
B: 6.5
A1V
6.26 mag
62.6″
B: 6.5
A5IV-V
5.77 mag
8.8″
B: 9.6
A4V
6.34 mag
3.8″
B: 8.3
A3V
Variable Stars
4
Variable Stars
4
Deep Sky Objects
30
Deep Sky Objects
30
Open Cluster
(9)
1.9 mag
50
NGC 3532
3.0 mag
55
NGC 2516
3.8 mag
30
4.2 mag
35.
4.3 mag
8.
8.2 mag
9.
8.0 mag
12.
8.2 mag
4.
11.0 mag
2.
Globular Cluster
(1)
6.3 mag
13.8
Galaxy
(14)
12.0 mag
3.2
SBbc
13.0 mag
4.6
Sa
— mag
1.6
SBa
— mag
2.2
SBbc
— mag
1.1
SABb
— mag
2.7
SBbc
— mag
1.4
Sab
— mag
Sab
— mag
Sbc
— mag
1.9
S0
— mag
2.1
S0
11.0 mag
2.5
E
12.0 mag
2.1
E
— mag
2.5
E-S0
Planetary Nebula
(3)
Emission Nebula
(2)
3.0 mag
120
— mag
20.
Diffuse Nebula
(1)
— mag
22.