K-Car (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , k-Car is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.

Name K-Car
Object type Star
Other names
k-Car
k Carinae
HR 3728[1]
HD 81101
HIP 45856[3]
TYC 8944-3282-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 5298600105394226432[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h20m56s [4]
Declination:−62°24'16" [4]
Constellation:Carina
Magnitude:4.81 (V) [2]
5.97 (BT) [2]
4.90 (VT) [2]
4.54 (G) [4]
5.02 (BP) [4]
3.89 (RP) [4]
Distance:68.9 parsec
224.6 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.91
Proper motion (speed):13.8 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):269.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.62

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