Sky of Your Day
  1. Stars with a name
  2. 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 temperature is about 4,000 degrees Celsius.

It is 605.1 light years away: 5725 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Carina