• Bayer designations U Carinae and u Carinae are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star U Carinae, HD 95109, a Cepheid...
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    Eta CarinaeCarinae, 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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    Canopus (redirect from Alpha Carinae)
    star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae, which is romanized (transliterated) to Alpha Carinae. With a visual apparent magnitude of −0.74,...
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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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    IC 2602 (also known as the Southern Pleiades, Theta Carinae Cluster, or Caldwell 102) is an open cluster in the constellation Carina. Discovered by Abbe...
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    V382 Carinae, also known as x Carinae (x Car), is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Carina. It is a G-type star with a mean apparent magnitude of...
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    HD 95109 (U Carinae) is a Classical Cepheid variable, a type of variable star, in the constellation Carina. Its apparent magnitude is 6.86. U Car is a...
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    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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    emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth. The nebula is embedded...
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    Iota CarinaeCarinae, abbreviated Iota Car, ι Car), officially named Aspidiske /ˌæspɪˈdɪskiː/, is a star in the southern constellation of Carina. With...
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