Constellations
Carina (Car)
The Keel
Also known as keel.
6 looks for Carina
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Carina
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Keel
- IAU abbreviation
- Car
- Its stars are named
- Carinae (as in "Alpha Carinae")
- Family
- Heavenly Waters
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 9h 21m, declination −61° 05′
- The figure
- 17 stars joined by 18 lines
- Brightest star
- Canopus, magnitude -0.72
Star patterns in it: False Cross.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Canopus (α Car)mag -0.72
- Miaplacidus (β Car)mag 1.68
- Regor (γ2 Vel)mag 1.68
- Avior (ε Car)mag 1.86
- Alsephina (δ Vel)mag 1.96
- Aspidiske (ι Car)mag 2.25
- θ Carmag 2.76
- ν Pupmag 3.17
- ω Carmag 3.32
- p Carmag 3.32
- q Carmag 3.40
- χ Carmag 3.47
- u Carmag 3.78
- x Carmag 3.91
- y Carmag 4.60
- z Carmag 4.61
- z2 Carmag 5.13
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation