W-Car (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , w-Car is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
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Name
W-Car
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h43m32s [4] |
| Declination: | −60°33'59" [4] |
| Constellation: | Carina |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.57 (V) [2] 6.78 (BT) [2] 4.75 (VT) [2] 3.84 (G) [4] 4.84 (BP) [4] 2.90 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 454.4 parsec 1481.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.72 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 280.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.71 |
Sources