- Stars with a name
- Miaplacidus
Miaplacidus
β Carinae
Miaplacidus is a white star, in the constellation Carina. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1913.
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 1.67.
What it’s like
It gives off 225 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 9,100 degrees Celsius.
It is 113.2 light years away: 1071 trillion kilometres.