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HIP 46974 — Star in Carina

Magnitude 4.1m Star Carina (Car) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.08
Spectral Type B5II bright giant
Star Color White (B-V 0.01)

2Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 34m 26.7s
Dec -59° 13' 46.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
HR 3825
HIP 46974
HD 83183
SAO 237117
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium+ Medium+ Medium
50mm finder Easy Easy Easy
150mm scope Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

4Visibility

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Best season Jan – Mar (peak: Feb)

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15Stellar Notes

Member of Pleiades group.

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Turais
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Easy
Bright naked-eye star, mag 2.2
Star mag 2.25 2.2° Carina
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Easy
Open cluster
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l Car
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 35.6d
Variable Star mag 3.69 3.5° Carina
NGC 2842
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.49 4.5° Carina
V376 Car
Easy
Easy double, sep 40.1″
Double Star mag 4.92 4.8° Carina
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