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Constellation of the southern sky

Genitive	Carinae
Abbreviation	Car
Constellation Family	Heavenly Waters
Celestial Quadrant	SQ2
Right Ascension	06h03 to 11h22
Declination	-75.7° to -50.8°
Area (sq deg)	494
Brightest Star	Canopus
Optimum Visibility	February (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	Carina, the Keel of the Ship Argo, runs eastward along the Milky Way from Canopus, the sky's second-brightest star. At its eastern extent is a group of four stars known as the Diamond Cross, near a region of the sky occupied by many nebulae and clusters.

A large constellation of the southern sky, originally part of the even larger Argo Navis. Though it lies on the band of the Milky Way, most of the stars in Carina are relatively faint, with the brilliant exception of Canopus, the second brightest star in the entire sky after Sirius.

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