Constellation
Carina
Carina (Car) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is Canopus (magnitude −0.62).
| Latin name | Carina |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Car |
| Brightest star | Canopus |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 270 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 37 |
| Deep-sky objects | 187 |
| Galaxies | 11 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 29° N. South of latitude 29° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- Canopus −0.62 · 309.2 light-years
- Miaplacidus 1.67 · 113.2 light-years
- Avior 1.86 · 605.1 light-years
- Aspidiske 2.21 · 765.6 light-years
- θ Car 2.74 · 427.1 light-years
- υ Car 2.92 · 872.7 light-years
- ω Car 3.29 · 393.1 light-years
- HIP 51576 3.30 · 506.2 light-years
- HIP 50371 3.39 · 757.7 light-years
- HIP 45080 3.43 · 410.4 light-years
- χ Car 3.46 · 573.6 light-years
- HIP 47854 3.69 · 1,644 light-years
- Gl 404.1 3.78 · 97.3 light-years
- HIP 51232 3.81 · 1,545 light-years
- HIP 43783 3.84 · 291.4 light-years
- HIP 45101 3.96 · 498.4 light-years
- Gl 391 3.99 · 53.1 light-years
- HIP 46974 4.08 · 1,893 light-years
- HIP 42568 4.31 · 1,810 light-years
- HIP 45496 4.34 · 521.8 light-years
- HIP 31407 4.35 · 1,696 light-years
- HIP 32761 4.41 · 601.1 light-years
- HIP 51849 4.45 · 1,472 light-years
- HIP 44599 4.47 · 388.1 light-years
- HIP 43105 4.50 · 616.6 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
- Aiolos 1 planet(s)
- HD 64121 1 planet(s)
- HD 65216 2 planet(s)
- Tapecue 1 planet(s)
- HD 51608 2 planet(s)
- MASCARA-4 1 planet(s)
- HD 80883 1 planet(s)
- GJ 341 1 planet(s)
- HD 307842 1 planet(s)
- TOI-481 1 planet(s)
- HIP 35965 1 planet(s)
- TOI-837 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2000 2 planet(s)
- TOI-799 1 planet(s)
- KELT-15 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2529 1 planet(s)
- GJ 422 1 planet(s)
- TOI-921 1 planet(s)
- TOI-4562 2 planet(s)
- TOI-3023 1 planet(s)
- TOI-833 1 planet(s)
- TIC 294329732 1 planet(s)
- TOI-1232 2 planet(s)
- TOI-6707 1 planet(s)
- TOI-3053 1 planet(s)
- TOI-1937 A 1 planet(s)
- TOI-4504 3 planet(s)
- TOI-771 2 planet(s)
- Gaia22dkvL 1 planet(s)
- OGLE2-TR-L9 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2441 1 planet(s)
- OGLE-TR-211 1 planet(s)
- OGLE-TR-113 1 planet(s)
- OGLE-TR-132 1 planet(s)
- OGLE-TR-111 1 planet(s)
- OGLE-TR-182 1 planet(s)
- Gaia23braL 1 planet(s)
Deep-sky objects
- Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) Nebula
- Eta Carinae Star
- PSR B0904-74 (J0904-7459) Pulsar
- PSR B0909-71 (J0909-7212) Pulsar
- PSR J1017-7156 Pulsar
- PSR J1056-7117 Pulsar
- PSR B1110-69 (J1112-6926) Pulsar
- PSR B1110-65 (J1112-6613) Pulsar
- PSR J1101-6424 Pulsar
- PSR B0901-63 (J0902-6325) Pulsar
- PSR B1054-62 (J1056-6258) Pulsar
- PSR J0955-6150 Pulsar
- PSR B0855-61 (J0856-6137) Pulsar
- PSR J1119-6127 Pulsar
- PSR J1101-6101 Pulsar
- PSR B1112-60 (J1114-6100) Pulsar
- PSR J1050-5953 Pulsar
- PSR B1105-59 (J1107-5947) Pulsar
- PSR B1030-58 (J1032-5911) Pulsar
- PSR B1011-58 (J1012-5857) Pulsar
- PSR J1016-5857 Pulsar
- PSR B1046-58 (J1048-5832) Pulsar
- PSR B1036-58 (J1038-5831) Pulsar
- PSR B0923-58 (J0924-5814) Pulsar
- PSR B1044-57 (J1046-5813) Pulsar
- PSR B1056-57 (J1059-5742) Pulsar
- PSR J0646-5455 Pulsar
- PSR B0743-53 (J0745-5353) Pulsar
- NGC 2808 Globular cluster
- FSR 1566 Star cluster
- FSR 1572 Star cluster
- ASCC 51 Star cluster
- ESO 062-08 Star cluster
- FSR 1568 Star cluster
- ESO 062-11 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 163 Star cluster
- FSR 1554 Star cluster
- ASCC 57 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 84 Star cluster
- Melotte 101 Star cluster
- FSR 1584 Star cluster
- ESO 092-05 Star cluster
- FSR 1541 Star cluster
- ESO 092-18 Star cluster
- FSR 1585 Star cluster
- IC 2602 Star cluster
- ASCC 56 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 111 Star cluster
- Melotte 105 Star cluster
- DBSB 55 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 88 Star cluster
- Graham 1 Star cluster
- IC 2714 Star cluster
- NGC 3036 Star cluster
- DBSB 60 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 162 Star cluster
- Loden 213 Star cluster
- Kronberger 39 Star cluster
- Bochum 12 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 92 Star cluster
- DBSB 53 Star cluster
- Trumpler 11 Star cluster
- DBSB 66 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 110 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 93 Star cluster
- DBSB 62 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 161 Star cluster
- Shorlin 2 Star cluster
- NGC 3603 Star cluster
- Shorlin 1 Star cluster
- Alessi 5 Star cluster
- ASCC 65 Star cluster
- Collinder 236 Star cluster
- Loden 306 Star cluster
- NGC 2609 Star cluster
- Hogg 8 Star cluster
- ASCC 64 Star cluster
- NGC 3590 Star cluster
- Hogg 12 Star cluster
- NGC 2516 Star cluster
- Hogg 7 Star cluster
- Teutsch 143a Star cluster
- ESO 123-26 Star cluster
- Loden 172 Star cluster
- NGC 3255 Star cluster
- Trumpler 18 Star cluster
- Loden 309 Star cluster
- Hogg 6 Star cluster
- ASCC 63 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 159 Star cluster
- Hogg 11 Star cluster
- Hogg 10 Star cluster
- NGC 3496 Star cluster
- DBSB 47 Star cluster
- Trumpler 12 Star cluster
- NGC 3572 Star cluster
- Hogg 13 Star cluster
- Sher 1 Star cluster
- Trumpler 13 Star cluster
- Bochum 9 Star cluster
- NGC 3114 Star cluster
- Collinder 228 Star cluster
- ASCC 62 Star cluster
- Bochum 11 Star cluster
- Pismis 17 Star cluster
- Collinder 223 Star cluster
- Feinstein 1 Star cluster
- Trumpler 16 Star cluster
- DBSB 51 Star cluster
- Trumpler 14 Star cluster
- Teutsch 106 Star cluster
- SAI 113 Star cluster
- Turner 6 Star cluster
- ASCC 53 Star cluster
- Teutsch 31 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 86 Star cluster
- Trumpler 15 Star cluster
- FSR 1479 Star cluster
- DBSB 43 Star cluster
- Trumpler 17 Star cluster
- FSR 1470 Star cluster
- FSR 1535 Star cluster
- DC 5 Star cluster
- Platais 8 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 99 Star cluster
- Bochum 10 Star cluster
- Loden 280 Star cluster
- Hogg 9 Star cluster
- Basel 17 Star cluster
- DBSB 50 Star cluster
- Stock 13 Star cluster
- Loden 143 Star cluster
- Carraro 1 Star cluster
- Loden 165 Star cluster
- NGC 3532 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 91 Star cluster
- NGC 3324 Star cluster
- ASCC 60 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 90 Star cluster
- ESO 128-16 Star cluster
- NGC 3293 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 84 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 89 Star cluster
- Loden 153 Star cluster
- Loden 28 Star cluster
- vdBergh-Hagen 90 Star cluster
- DBSB 45 Star cluster
- DBSB 48 Star cluster
- Collinder 220 Star cluster
- Westerlund 2 Star cluster
- DBSB 40 Star cluster
- ASCC 59 Star cluster
- IC 2581 Star cluster
- FSR 1524 Star cluster
- Trumpler 19 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 91 Star cluster
- DBSB 46 Star cluster
- FSR 1527 Star cluster
- FSR 1530 Star cluster
- FSR 1440 Star cluster
- ASCC 42 Star cluster
- IC 2448 Planetary nebula
- IC 2621 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 51 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 41 Planetary nebula
- NGC 3211 Planetary nebula
- IC 2553 Planetary nebula
- Pe 1- 3 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 57 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 39 Planetary nebula
- Hf 48 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 47 Planetary nebula
- IC 2501 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 26 Planetary nebula
- Hf 38 Planetary nebula
- Hf 4 Planetary nebula
- NGC 2867 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 32 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 36 Planetary nebula
- He 2- 5 Planetary nebula
- SNR G292.2-0.5 Supernova
- MSH 11-61A (SNR G290.1-0.8) Supernova
- (MSH 11-62) (SNR G291.0-0.1) Supernova
- SNR G289.7-0.3 Supernova
- SNR G286.5-1.2 Supernova
- MSH 10-53 (SNR G284.3-1.8) Supernova
- RCW 49 Nebula
Galaxies
- FG202 16.0 million light-years
- Carina 326,200 light-years
- NGC 2822 77.0 million light-years
- NGC 3136 79.8 million light-years
- IC 2554 65.1 million light-years
- NGC 3136B 82.9 million light-years
- NGC 2842 133.1 million light-years
- IC 2200A 151.0 million light-years
- NGC 2369B 141.2 million light-years
- NGC 2714 130.5 million light-years
- NGC 2640 49.0 million light-years
Its other stars
- HIP 47391
- HIP 52468
- Gl 412.1
- HIP 44626
- HIP 52102
- HIP 51438
- Gl 297.1
- HIP 52370
- HIP 45856
- HIP 52502
- HIP 39138
- HIP 42134
- HIP 52736
- HIP 36942
- HIP 43937
- HIP 51495
- HIP 50847
- HIP 51912
- HIP 36114
- HIP 33779
- HIP 34105
- HIP 50083
- HIP 40429
- Gl 333.1
- HIP 39070
- HIP 54767
- HIP 52701
- HIP 49698
- HIP 42129
- HIP 51313
- HIP 45581
- HIP 47479
- HIP 52678
- HIP 35589
- Gl 340.1A
- HIP 32494
- HIP 42286
- HIP 46358
- HIP 46741
- HIP 34000
- HIP 35564
- HIP 52221
- HIP 39566
- HIP 45219
- HIP 48310
- HIP 38152
- HIP 31079
- HIP 54327
- Gl 294A
- HIP 43499
- HIP 32531
- HIP 38656
- HIP 39957
- HIP 50520
- HIP 38438
- HIP 49934
- HIP 38783
- HIP 52487
- HIP 54829
- HIP 38994
- HIP 46225
- HIP 38160
- HIP 43669
- HIP 48339
- HIP 44256
- HIP 47498
- HIP 49764
- HIP 32402
- HIP 52922
- HIP 45585
- HIP 36444
- HIP 39184
- HIP 46620
- HIP 52043
- HIP 46460
- HIP 46482
- HIP 50993
- HIP 53394
- HIP 36496
- HIP 53334
- HIP 34349
- HIP 35084
- HIP 40932
- HIP 52127
- HIP 46101
- HIP 53272
- HIP 55280
- HIP 51194
- HIP 33800
- HIP 43620
- HIP 45418
- HIP 34780
- HIP 46328
- HIP 37248
- HIP 55140
- HIP 49926
- HIP 50044
- HIP 54294
- HIP 52150
- HIP 37854
- HIP 40926
- HIP 39225
- Gl 340.1B
- HIP 38863
- HIP 45615
- HIP 49281
- HIP 53546
- HIP 53701
- HIP 54082
- HIP 31265
- HIP 48782
- HIP 50976
- HIP 51425
- HIP 37599
- HIP 42936
- HIP 49160
- HIP 47913
- HIP 50287
- HIP 54708
- HIP 39530
- HIP 51732
- HIP 52520
- HIP 33588
- HIP 42717
- HIP 52535
- HIP 52679
- HIP 53231
- HIP 46737
- HIP 39238
- HIP 36856
- HIP 52797
- HIP 53100
- HIP 39073
- HIP 46049
- HIP 48715
- HIP 39843
- HIP 45437
- HIP 52526
- HIP 46407
- HIP 47591
- HIP 52160
- HIP 42579
- HIP 50785
- HIP 50916
- HIP 52730
- HIP 54673
- HIP 42440
- HIP 50562
- HIP 52785
- HIP 38667
- HIP 41653
- HIP 43763
- HIP 45214
- HIP 44665
- HIP 36977
- HIP 54289
- HIP 29913
- HIP 37530
- HIP 47422
- HIP 33012
- HIP 51461
- HIP 50067
- HIP 51265
- HIP 51327
- HIP 55003
- HIP 44565
- HIP 52537
- HIP 38963
- HIP 41644
- HIP 32477
- HIP 46143
- HIP 49642
- HIP 33577
- HIP 34350
- HIP 52815
- HIP 32269
- HIP 40655
- HIP 47893
- HIP 52806
- HIP 53556
- HIP 52103
- Gl 275
- Gl 260
- Aiolos
- HD 64121
- GJ 9242
- HD 65216
- Tapecue
- HD 51608
- MASCARA-4
- HD 80883
- Gl 268.2
- GJ 341
- HD 307842
- GJ 3551
- GJ 3403
- Gl 294B
- TOI-481
- HIP 35965
- Gl 389A
- TOI-837
- TOI-2000
- TOI-799
- KELT-15
- TOI-2529
- Gl 422
- GJ 422
- Gl 298
- TOI-921
- TOI-4562
- TOI-3023
- TOI-833
- GJ 3455
- Gl 389B
- TIC 294329732
- GJ 3545
- TOI-1232
- GJ 1128
- TOI-6707
- TOI-3053
- TOI-1937 A
- TOI-4504
- Gl 294C
- GJ 3618
- TOI-771
- Gaia22dkvL
- OGLE2-TR-L9
- TOI-2441
- OGLE-TR-211
- OGLE-TR-113
- OGLE-TR-132
- OGLE-TR-111
- OGLE-TR-182
- Gaia23braL
- 2MASS J09555995-7342489
- CWISE J091735.38-634451.2
- 2MASS J06272161-5308428
- CWISE J063649.77-542429.2
- DENIS J081730.0-615520
- 2MASS J07123786-6155528
- WISEA J082624.09-601202.8
- CWISE J075648.34-600130.9
- WISEA J101804.20-684254.0
- WISEA J083019.97-632305.4
- WISE J071301.84-585445.1