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ω Carinae (omega Carinae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.85°   Az: 176.08°   Direction: South

ω Carinae is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Carina.

ω Carinae visual magnitude is 3.32. Because of its moderate brightness, ω 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 ω Carinae (omega Carinae) star
DSS2 image of ω Carinae. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Carinae during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 14m 20s
-70° 09’ 52”
23h 20m 33s
09h 34m 53s

J2000

10h 13m 44s
-70° 02’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

290.16°
-11.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Carinae (omega Carinae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.32
Giant

-1.96
B8III
11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Carinae is distant 370.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

113.51
370.03
7 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Carinae
(omega Carinae)
SAO250885
SAO250885

Visibility from Your Location

ω Carinae (omega Carinae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK