Star · star

Eta Car

brightness mag 6.21pec

Also catalogued as HR 4210 · HD 93308

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temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

28,575,905× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

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spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

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at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

28,575,905×

the Sun's light output

-13.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eta Carstar

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4228 →2,500 ly apart
HD 93131 →2,600 ly apart
HR 4188 →2,700 ly apart
HR 4198 →3,200 ly apart
HR 4169 →7,700 ly apart
HR 4276 →9,200 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Aiolos →mag 7.4

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.