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θ Carinae (theta Carinae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -43.49°   Az: 216.26°   Direction: South-West

θ Carinae is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Carina.

θ Carinae visual magnitude is 2.76. Because of its brightness, θ Carinae is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of θ Carinae (theta Carinae) star
DSS2 image of θ Carinae. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Carinae during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 43m 51s
-64° 31’ 32”
05h 44m 29s
16h 28m 20s

J2000

10h 42m 57s
-64° 23’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

289.6°
-4.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Carinae (theta Carinae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.76
Hypergiant

-2.89
B0V
14087K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Carinae is distant 438.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

134.59
438.76
24 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Carinae
(theta Carinae)
SAO251083
SAO251083

Visibility from Your Location

θ Carinae (theta Carinae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK