Carina

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Carina is a prominent southern constellation best known for containing Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carina canonical 34

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
emission nebula
luminous blue variable star
southern constellation
bestSeenIn March
borderedBy Centaurus
Chamaeleon
Musca
Pictor
Puppis
Vela
Volans
contains Canopus
Carina Nebula
Eta Carinae
HD 93129A
HD 93250
IC 2602
NGC 2516
NGC 2808
NGC 3114
NGC 3293
NGC 3372
NGC 3532
Theta Carinae
Vela Supernova Remnant (part)
WR 22
WR 25
containsBrightestStar Canopus
hasAbbreviation Car
hasArea 494 square degrees
hasDeclination approximately −50° to −70°
hasGenitive Carinae
hasRightAscension approximately 7h to 11h
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
locatedInConstellation Carina
namedAfter the keel of a ship
originatedFrom Argo Navis
linked to: Vela constellation
partOf Argo Navis
linked to: Vela constellation
rankByApparentBrightness 2
rankByArea 34
splitTogetherWith Puppis
Vela
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +20 and −90
wasIntroducedBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
linked to: Nicolas de Lacaille
wasSplitFrom Argo Navis
linked to: Vela constellation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major borderedBy Carina
Southern Cross borderedBy Carina
subject linked to: Southern Cross constellation
Centaurus borderedBy Carina
Musca borderedBy Carina
Eta Carinae constellation Carina
Vela borders Carina
Chamaeleon borderingConstellation Carina
subject linked to: Chamaeleon constellation
Vela borders Carina
subject linked to: Vela constellation
Volans borderedBy Carina
Pictor borderedBy Carina
CMa borderingConstellation Carina
Canopus locatedInConstellation Carina
subject linked to: Carina
Puppis borderedBy Carina
Chamaeleon borderedBy Carina
Argo Navis hasPart Carina
Argo Navis wasDividedInto Carina
Argo Navis isRelatedTo Carina