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| Abbreviation: Car |
| English Name: The Keel |
| Genitive: Canopus |
| Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Never visible from the UK.) |
| Location: Between the constellations of Crux and Puppis. |
| Visible between latitudes: +20 and -90 degrees |
| Best season: Spring |
| Seen in three seasons: Winter, Spring and Summer |
| Best seen in: March |
| Seen between: January and April |
| Right Ascension (RA): 09 hour |
| Declination (DEC): -60 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 494 (34th) |
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Carina (The Keel)
- This constellation Carina in the southern sky, naming is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was formerly part of the larger constellation of Argo Navis (the ship Argo) until when the International Astronomical Union officially defined the 88 constellations and their boundaries, they split Argo Navis into 4 parts: Carina, Vela, Puppis, and Pyxis. (See the Sky Chart below.)
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Messier Objects in Carina
| No Messier objects in Carina |
| s. |
More objects in Carina
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 0x object |
| Caldwell (C) | 5x objects |
| Collinder (Cr) | 31x objects |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 39x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 14x objects |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- NGC 2516 – Open Cluster, visible to the naked-eye. Using binoculars, it’s possible to pick out some stars, the brightest being magnitude +5.0 red giant, scattered over an area of Sky the size of the Full Moon.
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Named Stars
- Canopus (Alpha Car)
- Miaplacidus (Beta Car)
- Avior (Epsilon Car)
- Turais (Iota Car)
- more list of stars in Carina
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IAU Sky Chart: Carina
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
– never seen from the UK
| Apus | Ara | Caelum | Carina | Centaurus | Chameleon |
| Corona Australis | Crux | Dorado | Grus | Horologium | Hydrus |
| Indus | Mensa | Octans | Pavo | Phoenix | Pictor |
| Reticulum | Telescopium | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Vela | Volans |
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