Beta Carinae is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the official name Miaplacidus; Beta Carinae is the star's Bayer...
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took some of the finest stars from Argo Navis. Its brightest star was Beta Carinae (β Car) or Miaplacidus, which was known as α Roburis or α Roburis Carolii...
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Carina. Beta Carinae, traditionally called Miaplacidus, is a blue-white-hued star of magnitude 1.7, 111 light-years from Earth. Epsilon Carinae is an orange-hued...
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Eta Carinae (η Carinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity...
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1.64 1.59 Bellatrix Star 1.64 Gacrux Star 1.65 Beta Tauri Star 1.69 1.64 Alnilam Star 1.69 Beta Carinae Star 1.71 1.69 Gamma Velorum Double star 1.71 Alpha...
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Beta Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is officially called Hadar (/ˈheɪdɑːr/). The Bayer designation of...
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(Alpha Carinae), and Canopus is "south pole" in Chinese sky, and Miaplacidus (Beta Carinae), Aspidiske (Iota Carinae) and Avior (Epsilon Carinae) are bright...
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16 1 F5V Has one known exoplanet. Delta Aquarii 113 ± 3 1 A3Vp 3.28 Beta Carinae (Miaplacidus) 113.2 ± 0.4 1 A1 III +1.69 Phi2 Orionis 113.8 ± 0.7 1 G8...
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QZ Carinae (HD 93206) is a multiple star system in the constellation Carina. It is the brightest member of the loose open cluster Collinder 228 and one...
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the stars Gamma Chamaeleontis (4200 AD), I Carinae, Omega Carinae (5800 AD), Upsilon Carinae, Iota Carinae (Aspidiske, 8100 AD) and Delta Velorum (Alsephina...
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rocks aligned during the El Molle culture with Alpha Carinae, Beta Carinae and Alpha Centauri or Beta Centauri. This alignment occurred during late April...
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but do not refer to the traditional figures. Four stars (Beta, Upsilon, Theta, and Omega Carinae) form a well-shaped diamond – the Diamond Cross. The Saucepan...
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discovered in 1898 by Williamina Fleming. It lies near the bright star Beta Carinae, and the southern Carina can be explored in the months of autumn in the...
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aiming first at two stars in the Carina constellation, Beta Carinae (Miaplacidus) and Iota Carinae (Aspidiske). Project Schooner, one of the 27 nuclear...
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Rigel (redirect from Beta Orionis)
has the Bayer designation β Orionis, which is Latinized to Beta Orionis and abbreviated Beta Ori or β Ori. Rigel is the brightest and most massive component –...
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V372 Carinae is a single star in the southern constellation of Carina. Located around 1300 light-years distant. It shines with a luminosity approximately...
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WR 20a (redirect from V712 Carinae)
A visual band light curve for WR 20a (V712 Carinae), adapted from Kochanek et al. (2017)...
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V343 Carinae is a blue-white star or star system in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation d Carinae, while V343 Carinae is...
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V376 Carinae is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation b1 Carinae; V376 Carinae is the variable star...
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Epsilon Pegasi Pi Puppis Epsilon Geminorum Beta Arae Gamma Cygni Capella B Canopus, Iota Carinae, and Upsilon Carinae are also starting to enter the gap. Subgiant...
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Pleiades Cluster (M45). Beta Scorpii (Acrab) 400 ± 40 3 B1V+B2V Kepler-445 401 ± 2 1 M4V 18.19 Has 4 exoplanets. HD 61248 (Q Carinae) 402 ± 7 1 K3 III 4.93...
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Chi Carinae, Latinised from χ Carinae (US: /kaɪ kəˈraɪniː/), is a star in the southern constellation of Carina. It is a third-magnitude star and is one...
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(2010). "An Aboriginal Australian Record of the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae". Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage. 13 (3): 220–34. arXiv:1010...
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star in the sky. Delta and Kappa Velorum, together with Epsilon and Iota Carinae, form the asterism known as the False Cross. 1.95-magnitude Delta is actually...
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460 ± 10 1 B1.5 III 2.30 One of the closest supernova candidates. Theta Carinae 460 ± 10 2 B0.5 Vp 2.76 Merope (23 Tauri) 460 ± 20 1 B6IV(e) 4.18 Part...
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(Alpha Carinae) 310 ± 20 1 A9 II −0.74 The second brightest star in the night sky as seen from Earth, and the closest yellow supergiant star. Beta Hydrae...
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constellations. Canopus, the former α Argus, is now α Carinae in the modern constellation Carina. Norma's Alpha and Beta were reassigned to Scorpius and re-designated...
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Lambda Scorpii (category Beta Cephei variables)
(2010). "An Aboriginal Australian Record of the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 13 (3): 220–34. arXiv:1010...
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Sigma Scorpii (category Beta Cephei variables)
(2010). "An Aboriginal Australian Record of the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae". Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage. 13 (3): 220–34. arXiv:1010...
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stars are meant to be placed (i.e. as found on a celestial globe). Thus Beta Crucis appears to the right of the constellation and Delta Crucis to the...
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