- Stars with a name
- Avior
Avior
ε Carinae
Avior is an orange giant, in the constellation Carina. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1421.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.86.
What it’s like
It gives off 5,405 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,300 degrees.
It is 605.1 light years away: 5725 trillion kilometres.