AG Carinae

Stellar classification

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Coordinates

  • X 16178
  • Y -249
  • Z 5736
→ Sol: 17,167

Object type

  • Blue supergiant
  • Star
  • Emission-line Star
  • Emission Object
  • Galaxy
  • Infra-Red source
  • Planetary Nebula
  • Radio-source
  • UV-emission source
  • Variable Star
  • Wolf-Rayet Star
  • X-ray source
simbad:V* AG Car

Wiki

AG Carinae (AG Car) is a star in the constellation Carina. It is classified as a luminous blue variable and is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. The large distance (20,000 light-years) and intervening dust mean that the star is not usually visible to the naked eye; its apparent brightness varies erratically between magnitude 5.7 and 9.0.

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