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V382 Carinae — Star in Carina

Magnitude 3.8–4.0m Star Carina (Car) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 3.91
Range 3.77 - 4.05
Variable Type L
Spectral Type G5 0-Ia
Star Color Orange (B-V 1.23) (reddened by dust)
Distance 6,272 ly

2Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 08m 35.4s
Dec -58° 58' 30.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
HR 4337
HIP 54463
HD 96918
SAO 238813
Variable ID V382 Car
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Easy 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 Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

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15Stellar Notes

Delta Cep? 3.84 - 4.02V.
Car OB2; NGC 3532.
Also classified F8Ia-G2Ia.
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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.

NGC 3532
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 3.0 0.4° Carina
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 1.6° Carina
Eta Carinae Nebula
NGC 3372
Easy
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 3.0 3.1° Carina
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