Official IAU constellation
Carina
Keel
IAU abbreviation: Car
Visibility
Southern sky
Best placed
January, March, December
Difficulty
medium
Pattern
11 stars, 10 lines
About
Carina is one of the 88 IAU-recognized constellations, reconstructed here from 11 stars using the ConstellationLines (Marc van der Sluys) stick-figure convention.
- Carina is one of the 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- This pattern connects 11 stars with 10 lines in this game's stick-figure convention.
- Its brightest named star in this pattern is Canopus (apparent magnitude -0.62).
Important Stars
CanopusAviorAspidiskeMiaplacidus