Star
Avior
Orange star · K3III+B2V
ε Carinae · Carina
Shown in its true colour — like most stars, it is too far away to photograph as more than a point of light.
Epsilon Carinae is a binary star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the official proper name Avior, pronounced ; Epsilon Carinae is its Bayer designation. At apparent magnitude +1.86 it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, but is not visible from most of the Northern Hemisphere. The False Cross is an asterism formed of Delta Velorum, Kappa Velorum, Iota Carinae and ε Carinae. It is so called because it is sometimes mistaken for the Southern Cross, causing errors in astronavigation.
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Key facts
Distance
~605 light-years
Apparent mag.
+1.86
Spectral type
K3III+B2V
Luminosity
5,405 × Sun
Absolute mag.
−4.48
Catalogue
HIP 41037
Spectral type
K3III+B2V
True colour from its B–V index (1.20): a surface around 4300 K.
Did you know
- Avior is also known as ε Carinae.
- Its spectral type K3III+B2V marks it as a orange star.
- It lies in the constellation Carina.
