l Carinae, a yellow supergiant star in Carina
l Carinae is a yellow supergiant star in the constellation Carina. At 1,525 light years away, it is the 356th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.69.
l Carinae (HIP 47854)
l Carinae is a yellow supergiant star in the constellation Carina. At 1,525 light years away, it is the 356th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.69. It an intrinsic variable star that varies between magntitudes 3.52 and 4.24 over a period of 35.56 days. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 33.9 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 23,700 and 25,700 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 9h 45.2m, Dec -62° 30.6'
Common designations: l Carinae, HIP 47854, HD 84810
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Brightest stars in Carina:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 3 | 1.86 | Avior |
| 4 | 2.21 | Tureis |
| 5 | 2.74 | Theta Carinae |
| 6 | 2.92 | Upsilon Carinae |
| 7 | 3.29 | Omega Carinae |
| 8 | 3.30 | p Carinae |
| 9 | 3.39 | q Carinae |
| 10 | 3.43 | a Carinae |
| 11 | 3.46 | chi Carinae |
12
| 3.69
) l Carinae
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 13 | 3.78 | u Carinae |
| 14 | 3.81 | s Carinae |
| 15 | 3.84 | c Carinae |
| 16 | 3.93 | x Carinae |
| 17 | 3.96 | i Carinae |
| 18 | 3.99 | I Carinae |
| 19 | 4.08 | h Carinae |
Galactic Orbit of l Carinae
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 4.1% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -34.0°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 7,571 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 7,564 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 312 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 7,558 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 7,258 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 7,883 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for l Carinae
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 146.31178125° ±0.25 mas | -12.77 ±0.26 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -62.50792321° ±0.25 mas | 8.27 ±0.25 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 283.19904083° | -15.08 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -7.00379963° | -2.04 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 2.09 ± 0.29 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: G5Iab/Ib 1975MSS...C01....0H.
Radial Velocity: 3.30 ±0.70 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
4.70
-3.65
V
3.69
-4.66
R
I
2.80
-5.55
J
1.68
-6.67
H
1.19
-7.16
K
1.05
-7.30
B-V: +1.01 V-I: +0.89
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 467.66 pc (13.9% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,308 pc
Transverse velocity: 33.7 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 106.0 pc | -451.9 pc | -57.0 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -31.9 km/s | -10.3 km/s | -4.9 km/s |