- 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 is at about 9,300 degrees.
It is 113.2 light years away: 1071 trillion kilometres.