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List of stars in Carina

Index List of stars in Carina

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Carina, sorted by decreasing brightness. [1]

175 relations: Absolute magnitude, AG Carinae, Algol variable, Alpha Cygni variable, Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable, Anomalous X-ray pulsar, Apparent magnitude, Argo Navis, AXP 1E 1048-59, B(e) star, Bayer designation, Beta Carinae, Beta Cephei variable, Beta Lyrae variable, Binary star, BO Carinae, Brown dwarf, BY Draconis variable, C Carinae, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Canopus, Carina (constellation), Chi Carinae, Circumstellar disc, Classical Cepheid variable, Constellation, Cosmic distance ladder, CPD−57° 2874, D Carinae, Declination, DENIS J081730.0-615520, Double star, Dwarf nova, Epsilon Carinae, Eta Carinae, Exoplanet, FS Canis Majoris variable, H Carinae, HD 53143, HD 63765, HD 65216, HD 65216 b, HD 65750, HD 73389, HD 73390, HD 76728, HD 77370, HD 79447, HD 80230, HD 81101, ..., HD 83183, HD 83944, HD 84810, HD 87643, HD 90264, HD 90853, HD 91496, HD 91942, HD 92063, HD 92397, HD 93129, HD 93194, HD 93205, HD 93250, HD 93403, HD 93607, HD 94510, HD 95086 b, HD 96566, HD 96919, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, Homunculus Nebula, HR 2554, HR 3220, HR 3643, HR 4102, HR Carinae, Hypergiant, IC 2602, Innes' star, Iota Carinae, Irregular variable, K Carinae, LHS 288, Light-year, List of brightest stars, List of largest stars, List of most luminous stars, List of most massive stars, Lists of stars by constellation, Luminous blue variable, M Carinae, Massachusetts, Mira variable, N Carinae, NGC 2516, NGC 3114, NGC 3293, NGC 3603, NGC 3603-A1, NGC 3603-B, NGC 3603-C, OGLE-TR-111, OGLE-TR-111b, OGLE-TR-113, OGLE-TR-113b, OGLE-TR-122, OGLE-TR-123, OGLE-TR-132, OGLE-TR-132b, OGLE-TR-182, OGLE-TR-182b, OGLE-TR-211, OGLE-TR-211b, OGLE2-TR-L9, OGLE2-TR-L9b, Omega Carinae, Orion variable, OY Carinae, PP Carinae, Proper names (astronomy), Pulsar, Puppis, Q Carinae, QZ Carinae, R Carinae, Rapidly oscillating Ap star, Right ascension, Rotating ellipsoidal variable, RT Carinae, RV Tauri variable, S Carinae, Semiregular variable star, Shell star, Sher 25, Slowly pulsating B-type star, Star, Stellar classification, Super soft X-ray source, Supergiant star, T Carinae, Theta Carinae, Transit (astronomy), Trumpler 14, Trumpler 15, Trumpler 16, U Carinae, Upsilon Carinae, V337 Carinae, V343 Carinae, V344 Carinae, V345 Carinae, V357 Carinae, V372 Carinae, V376 Carinae, V382 Carinae, V399 Carinae, V448 Carinae, V518 Carinae, V520 Carinae, V533 Carinae, Variable star, Variable star designation, Vela (constellation), Westerlund 2, Wolf–Rayet star, WR 20a, WR 22, WR 24, WR 25, WR 30a, WR 31a, X-ray binary, Y Carinae. Expand index (125 more) »

Absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on a logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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AG Carinae

AG Carinae (AG Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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Algol variable

Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars that are related to the prototype member of this class, β Persei (Beta Persei, Algol) from an evolutionary point of view.

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Alpha Cygni variable

Alpha Cygni variables are variable stars which exhibit non-radial pulsations, meaning that some portions of the stellar surface are contracting at the same time others parts expand.

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Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable

An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable (or α2 CVn variable) is a type of variable star.

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Anomalous X-ray pulsar

Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) are now widely believed to be magnetars—young, isolated, highly magnetized neutron stars.

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Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Argo Navis

Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, was a large constellation in the southern sky that has since been divided into the three constellations of Carina, Puppis and Vela.

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AXP 1E 1048-59

Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.

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B(e) star

A B star, frequently called a B-type star, is a B-type star with distinctive forbidden neutral or low ionisation emission lines in its spectrum.

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Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Beta Carinae

Beta Carinae (β Carinae, abbreviated Beta Car, β Car), also named Miaplacidus, is the second brightest star in the constellation of Carina and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, with apparent magnitude 1.68.

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Beta Cephei variable

Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces, thought due to the unusual properties of iron at temperatures of 200,000 K in their interiors.

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Beta Lyrae variable

Beta Lyrae variables are a class of close binary stars.

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Binary star

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.

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BO Carinae

BO Carinae (BO Car / HD 93420 / SAO 238447) is a variable star in the constellation Carina.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars, having masses between approximately 13 to 75–80 times that of Jupiter, or approximately to about.

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BY Draconis variable

BY Draconis variables are variable stars of late spectral types, usually K or M, and typically belong to the main sequence.

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C Carinae

The Bayer designations c Carinae and C Carinae are distinct.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.

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Canopus

Canopus, also designated Alpha Carinae (α Carinae, abbreviated Alpha Car, α Car), is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second-brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius.

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Carina (constellation)

Carina is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Chi Carinae

Chi Carinae, Latinized from χ Carinae, is a star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Circumstellar disc

A circumstellar disc (or circumstellar disk) is a torus, pancake or ring-shaped accumulation of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids or collision fragments in orbit around a star.

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Classical Cepheid variable

Classical Cepheids (also known as Population I Cepheids, Type I Cepheids, or Delta Cephei variables) are a type of Cepheid variable star.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Cosmic distance ladder

The cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects.

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CPD−57° 2874

CPD−57° 2874 is a Be supergiant in the constellation Carina.

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D Carinae

The Bayer designations d Carinae and D Carinae are distinct.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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DENIS J081730.0-615520

DENIS J081730.0-615520 (also known as 2MASS 08173001-6155158) is a T brown dwarf approximately away in the constellation Carina.

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Double star

In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope.

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Dwarf nova

A U Geminorum-type variable star, or dwarf nova (pl. novae) is a type of cataclysmic variable star consisting of a close binary star system in which one of the components is a white dwarf that accretes matter from its companion.

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Epsilon Carinae

Epsilon Carinae (ε Carinae, abbreviated Epsilon Car, ε Car), also named Avior, is a binary star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Eta Carinae

Eta Carinae (η Carinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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FS Canis Majoris variable

An FS Canis Majoris variable is a type of eruptive variable star.

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H Carinae

The Bayer designations h Carinae and H Carinae are distinct.

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HD 53143

HD 53143 is a star in the Carina constellation, located about from the Earth.

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HD 63765

HD 63765 is an 8th-magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately 106 light years away in the constellation Carina.

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HD 65216

HD 65216 is an 8th magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately away in the constellation of Carina.

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HD 65216 b

HD 65216 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 116 light-years away in the constellation of Carina, orbiting the star HD 65216.

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HD 65750

HD 65750, also known as V341 Carinae is a bright red giant star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 73389

HD 73389, also known as e² Carinae (e² Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 73390

HD 73390, also called e1 Carinae (e1 Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 76728

HD 76728, also called c Carinae (c Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 77370

HD 77370, also called b² Carinae (b² Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 79447

HD 79447, also known as i Carinae (i Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 80230

HD 80230, also known as g Carinae (g Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 81101

HD 81101, also known as k Carinae (k Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 83183

HD 83183, also known as h Carinae (h Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 83944

HD 83944, also called m Carinae (m Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 84810

HD 84810, also known as l Carinae (l Car), is a star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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HD 87643

HD 87643 is a Be class binary star embedded in a reflection nebula.

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HD 90264

HD 90264 (L Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 90853

HD 90853, also called s Carinae (s Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 91496

HD 91496 is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 91942

HD 91942, also known as r Carinae (r Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 92063

HD 92063, also known as t¹ Carinae (t¹ Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 92397

HD 92397, also called t² Carinae (t² Car), is a binary star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 93129

HD 93129 is a triple star system in the Carina Nebula, with all three components being hot O class stars amongst the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.

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HD 93194

HD 93194 (HR 4205) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 93205

HD 93205, or V560 Carinae, is a binary stellar system, in the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) in the constellation Carina.

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HD 93250

HD 93250 is a highly luminous hot blue binary star in the Carina Nebula in the constellation Carina.

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HD 93403

HD 93403 is a spectroscopic binary containing two highly luminous hot blue stars.

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HD 93607

HD 93607 (HR 4222) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 94510

HD 94510 (u Car, u Carinae) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 95086 b

HD 95086 b is a confirmed, directly imaged exoplanet orbiting the young, 17 Myr A-class pre-main-sequence star HD 95086.

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HD 96566

HD 96566 (z1 Carinae, z1 Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HD 96919

HD 96919, also known by its Bayer designation of z2 Carinae and the variable star designation of V371 Carinae, is a blue supergiant star in the constellation Carina.

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Henry Draper Catalogue

The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars.

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Hipparcos

Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.

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Homunculus Nebula

The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth.

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HR 2554

HR 2554, also known as V415 Carinae and A Carinae, is an eclipsing spectroscopic binary of the Algol type in the constellation of Carina whose apparent visual magnitude varies by 0.06 magnitudes and is approximately 4.39 at maximum brightness.

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HR 3220

HR 3220 (B Car) is a single-lined spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina, approximately 65 light years from Earth.

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HR 3643

HR 3643 (G Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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HR 4102

I Carinae is a single, yellow-white hued star in the southern constellation Carina.

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HR Carinae

HR Carinae is a luminous blue variable star located in the constellation Carina.

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Hypergiant

A hypergiant (luminosity class 0 or Ia+) is among the very rare kinds of stars that typically show tremendous luminosities and very high rates of mass loss by stellar winds.

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IC 2602

IC 2602, generally known as the Southern Pleiades or Theta Carinae Cluster, is an open cluster in the constellation Carina that was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa.

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Innes' star

Innes' star (Gliese 422) is an M3.5-type red dwarf, located in constellation Carina.

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Iota Carinae

Iota Carinae (ι Carinae, abbreviated Iota Car, ι Car), also named Aspidiske, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation (circumpolar if viewed at any location from approximately 40° S to the South Pole) of Carina.

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Irregular variable

An irregular variable is a type of variable star in which variations in brightness show no regular periodicity.

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K Carinae

The Bayer designations k Carinae and K Carinae are distinct.

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LHS 288

LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23) is a red dwarf 15.6 light years from the Sun, the closest in the constellation Carina (near Eta Carinae).

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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List of brightest stars

This is a list of the brightest naked eye stars to +2.50 magnitude, as determined by their maximum, total, or combined apparent visual magnitudes as seen from Earth.

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List of largest stars

Below is an ordered list of the largest stars currently known by radius.

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List of most luminous stars

Below is a list of stars arranged in order of decreasing luminosity (increasing bolometric magnitude).

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List of most massive stars

This is a list of the most massive stars so far discovered, in solar masses.

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Lists of stars by constellation

All stars but one can be associated with an IAU constellation.

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Luminous blue variable

Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are massive evolved stars that show unpredictable and sometimes dramatic variations in both their spectra and brightness.

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M Carinae

The Bayer designations m Carinae and M Carinae are distinct.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mira variable

Mira variables ("Mira", Latin, adj. - feminine form of adjective "wonderful"), named for the prototype star Mira, are a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.

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N Carinae

N Carinae (N Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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NGC 2516

NGC 2516 is an open star cluster in the southern sky in the constellation Carina discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752.

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NGC 3114

NGC 3114 is a sparse open cluster which is projected onto the outskirts of the Carina complex.

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NGC 3293

NGC 3293 is an open cluster in the Carina constellation.

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NGC 3603

NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System.

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NGC 3603-A1

NGC 3603-A1 (HD 97950A1) is a double-eclipsing binary star system located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 20,000 light years from Earth.

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NGC 3603-B

NGC 3603-B (HD 97950B) is a Wolf-Rayet star located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 20,000 light years from Earth.

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NGC 3603-C

NGC 3603-C (HD 97950C) is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 20,000 light years from Earth.

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OGLE-TR-111

OGLE-TR-111 is a yellow dwarf star approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (the Keel).

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OGLE-TR-111b

OGLE-TR-111b is an extrasolar planet approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (the Keel).

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OGLE-TR-113

OGLE-TR-113 is a dim, distant magnitude 16 binary star in the star fields of the constellation Carina.

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OGLE-TR-113b

OGLE-TR-113b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-113.

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OGLE-TR-122

OGLE-TR-122 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured.

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OGLE-TR-123

OGLE-TR-123 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured.

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OGLE-TR-132

OGLE-TR-132 is a distant magnitude 15.72 star in the star fields of the constellation Carina.

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OGLE-TR-132b

OGLE-TR-132b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-132.

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OGLE-TR-182

OGLE-TR-182 is a dim magnitude 17 star far off in the constellation Carina at a distance of approximately 12,700 light years.

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OGLE-TR-182b

OGLE-TR-182b is a transiting extrasolar planet.

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OGLE-TR-211

OGLE-TR-211 is a distant magnitude 14 star located about 5,700 light years away in the constellation of Carina.

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OGLE-TR-211b

OGLE-TR-211b is a transiting planet in Carina constellation.

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OGLE2-TR-L9

OGLE2-TR-L9 is a magnitude 15 star in the constellation Carina at a distance of approximately 5,142 light years.

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OGLE2-TR-L9b

OGLE2-TR-L9b is an extrasolar planet discovered by three undergraduate students from Leiden University, Netherlands.

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Omega Carinae

Omega Carinae, Latinized from ω Carinae, is a star in the constellation Carina.

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Orion variable

An Orion variable is a variable star which exhibits irregular and eruptive variations in its luminosity and is typically associated with diffuse nebulae.

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OY Carinae

OY Carinae (abbreviated OY Car) is an eclipsing binary system approximately 277 light-years away from the Sun, classed as cataclysmic variable.

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PP Carinae

p Carinae is the Bayer designation of a star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Proper names (astronomy)

Some astronomical objects have proper names (common names, popular names, traditional names); as opposed to catalogue numbers or other systematic designations.

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Pulsar

A pulsar (from pulse and -ar as in quasar) is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star or white dwarf that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.

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Puppis

Puppis is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Q Carinae

The Bayer designations q Carinae and Q Carinae are distinct.

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QZ Carinae

QZ Carinae (HD 93206) is a multiple star system in the constellation Carina.

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R Carinae

R Carinae is a star in the constellation Carina.

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Rapidly oscillating Ap star

Rapidly oscillating Ap stars (roAp stars) are a subtype of the Ap star class that exhibit short-timescale rapid photometric or radial velocity variations.

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Right ascension

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.

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Rotating ellipsoidal variable

Rotating ellipsoidal variables are a class of variable star.

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RT Carinae

RT Carinae (HD 303310, HIP 52562, SAO 238424) is a variable star in the Carina Nebula in the constellation Carina.

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RV Tauri variable

RV Tauri variables are luminous variable stars that have distinctive light variations with alternating deep and shallow minima.

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S Carinae

The Bayer designations S Carinae and s Carinae are distinct.

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Semiregular variable star

Semiregular variable stars are giants or supergiants of intermediate and late spectral type showing considerable periodicity in their light changes, accompanied or sometimes interrupted by various irregularities.

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Shell star

A shell star is a star having a spectrum that exhibits features indicating a circumstellar disc of gas surrounding the star at the equator.

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Sher 25

Sher 25 is a blue supergiant star in the constellation Carina, located approximately 25,000 light years from the Sun in the H II region NGC 3603 of the Milky Way.

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Slowly pulsating B-type star

A slowly pulsating B-type star (SPB), formerly known as a 53 Persei variable, is a type of pulsating variable star.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.

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Super soft X-ray source

A luminous supersoft X-ray source (SSXS, or SSS) is an astronomical source that emits only low energy (i.e., soft) X-rays.

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Supergiant star

Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars.

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T Carinae

T Carinae (T Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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Theta Carinae

θ Carinae, Latinized as Theta Carinae, is a spectroscopic binary star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Transit (astronomy)

In astronomy, a transit or astronomical transit is the phenomenon of at least one celestial body appearing to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point.

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Trumpler 14

Trumpler 14 (Tr 14) is an open cluster with a diameter of, located within the inner regions of the Carina Nebula, approximately from Earth.

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Trumpler 15

Trumpler 15 is an open cluster in the constellation Carina that lies on the outskirts of the Carina Nebula.

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Trumpler 16

Trumpler 16 (Tr 16) is a massive open cluster that is home to some of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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U Carinae

The Bayer designations U Carinae and u Carinae are distinct.

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Upsilon Carinae

Upsilon Carinae, Latinized from υ Carinae, is a double star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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V337 Carinae

V337 Carinae (V337 Car, q Carinae) is a K-type bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

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V343 Carinae

V343 Carinae (d Car / d Carinae) is a binary star in the constellation Carina.

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V344 Carinae

V344 Carinae (V344 Car / f Car / f Carinae) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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V345 Carinae

V345 Carinae (V345 Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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V357 Carinae

V357 Carinae (a Car, a Carinae) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina.

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V372 Carinae

V372 Carinae is a star in the Carina.

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V376 Carinae

V376 Carinae is a binary star in the constellation Carina.

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V382 Carinae

V382 Carinae, also known as x Carinae (x Car), is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Carina.

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V399 Carinae

V399 Carinae (V399 Car, P Carinae, P Car, 195 G. Carinae) is a variable star in the constellation Carina.

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V448 Carinae

V448 Carinae (V448 Car) is a star in the constellation Carina.

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V518 Carinae

V518 Carinae (HR 4196) is a naked-eye variable star in the constellation Carina.

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V520 Carinae

V520 Carinae (V520 Car / w Car / w Carinae) is a star in the constellation of Carina.

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V533 Carinae

V533 Carinae (V533 Car, y Car, y Carinae) is a white A-type supergiant variable star with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.59 in the constellation Carina.

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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) fluctuates.

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Variable star designation

Variable stars are designated using a variation on the Bayer designation format of an identifying label (as described below) combined with the Latin genitive of the name of the constellation in which the star lies.

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Vela (constellation)

Vela is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Westerlund 2

Westerlund 2 is an obscured compact young star cluster (perhaps even a super star cluster) in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two million years.

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Wolf–Rayet star

Wolf–Rayet stars, often abbreviated as WR stars, are a rare heterogeneous set of stars with unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of highly ionised helium and nitrogen or carbon.

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WR 20a

WR20a is a binary star associated with the young, massive cluster Westerlund 2.

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WR 22

WR 22, also known as V429 Carinae or HR 4188, is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation Carina.

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WR 24

WR 24 (HD 93131) is a Wolf-Rayet star in the constellation Carina.

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WR 25

WR 25 (HD 93162) is a binary star system in the turbulent star forming region Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light-years from Earth.

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WR 30a

WR 30a is a massive spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina.

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WR 31a

WR 31a, commonly referred to as Hen 3-519, is a Wolf–Rayet (WR) star in the southern constellation of Carina that is surrounded by an expanding Wolf–Rayet nebula.

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X-ray binary

X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays.

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Y Carinae

Y Carinae (Y Car) is a Classical Cepheid variable, a type of variable star, in the constellation Carina.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Carina

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