The Keel
Carina
Genitive: Carinae · abbreviation Car
Best evening month
March
Visible from
90°S to 24°N
Centre RA
9h 35m 00s
Centre Dec
−66° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
The keel of the Argo, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. It contains Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.
Lacaille · 1763 (from Ptolemy's Argo Navis)
Brightest stars
- mag -0.62
Canopus
α Carinae · HIP 30438
- mag 1.67
Miaplacidus
β Carinae · HIP 45238
- mag 1.86
Avior
ε Carinae · HIP 41037
- mag 2.21
Aspidiske
ι Carinae · HIP 45556
- mag 2.74
θ Carinae
HIP 52419
- mag 2.92
υ Carinae
HIP 48002
- mag 3.29
ω Carinae
HIP 50099
- mag 3.30
p Carinae
HIP 51576
- mag 3.39
q Carinae
HIP 50371
- mag 3.43
a Carinae
HIP 45080
