Star
a Carinae
HIP 45080 · Blue-white subgiant
True colour from its B–V index (-0.19) — a surface around 13,300 K.
Distance
447 light-years
Spectral type
B2IV
Brightness
mag 3.43
Absolute mag
-2.25
Luminosity
694 × Sun
Surface
~13,300 K
Right ascension
9h 10m 58s
Declination
−58° 58′
- a Carinae is a blue-white subgiant in Carina.
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Distances and spectral types: HYG Database (Hipparcos parallaxes), CC BY-SA 4.0.