✨ Carina

Car · keel · Southern sky

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Carina is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning keel; stars within it are named in the genitive form Carinae.

Facts about Carina

ConstellationCarina
IAU abbreviationCar
Genitive (Latin)Carinae
Meaningkeel
Brightest starCanopus (apparent magnitude -0.74)
Area494 square degrees
HemisphereSouthern

Deep-sky objects in Carina

No Messier-catalogued object lies within this constellation’s borders.

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.

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