Omega Carinae

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Star
ω Carinae
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Keel of the ship
Right ascension 10 h 13 m 44.22 s
declination -70 ° 02 ′ 16.5 ″
Apparent brightness 3.29 mag
Typing
B − V color index −0.08 
U − B color index −0.33 
R − I index −0.03 
Spectral class B8 III
Astrometry
Radial velocity (10.4 ± 2.5) km / s
parallax (9.54 ± 0.09)  mas
distance (341.9 ± 3.2)  Lj
(104.82 ± 0.99)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis −1.81 mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (−36.01 ± 0.10)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (7.09 ± 0.08)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name ω Carinae
Cordoba Survey CD -69 ° 720
Bright Star Catalog HR 4037 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 89080 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 50099 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 250885 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 9214-2842-1 [5]Template: Infobox star / maintenance / specification of the TYC catalog
Other names FK5 385 • CPD -69 ° 1178
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

Omega Carinae is a star in the constellation Carina in the southern star sky. Due to the precession , Omega Carinae will play the role of the North Star around 5700 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
  2. a b c Bright Star Catalog
  3. Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars
  4. a b c Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)