Chi Carinae

c Carinae

Chi Carinae is two full fields of vision due east of Canopus: binoculars.

The star is well placed to find the splendid cluster NGC 2516 or for hopping up to Vela and Puppis.
NGC 2516 is a bright cluster of about a hundred stars some 4500 light years away. A fifth-magnitude red giant is found in the centre of the cluster.

The cluster is seven degrees due south of chi, in the same field of view as epsilon Carinae.

All files associated with The Constellations Web Page are © 1999 by Richard Dibon-Smith.

All files associated with The Constellations Web Page are
© 1999 by Richard Dibon-Smith.