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χ Carinae (chi Carinae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.42°   Az: 207.68°   Direction: South-South-West

χ Carinae is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Carina.

χ Carinae visual magnitude is 3.47. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Carinae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of χ Carinae (chi Carinae) star
DSS2 image of χ Carinae. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Carinae during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 57m 25s
-53° 03’ 03”
03h 04m 02s
11h 01m 28s

J2000

07h 56m 46s
-52° 58’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

266.68°
-12.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Carinae (chi Carinae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.47
Sub-giant

-1.90
B3IV
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ Carinae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of χ Carinae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Carinae is distant 386.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

118.62
386.71
19 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Carinae
(chi Carinae)
SAO235635
SAO235635

Visibility from Your Location

χ Carinae (chi Carinae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK