V382 Carinae
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Carina |
| Right ascension | 11h08m35.4s |
| Declination | −58°58′30″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +3.93 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G40-Ia |
| U−B color index | +0.94 |
| B−V color index | +1.23 |
| Variable type | Cepheid |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +7 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −5.03 mas/yr Dec.: 2.09 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 0.55 ± 0.54 mas |
| Distance | > 3000 ly (> 920 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −7.36 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 39 M☉ |
| Radius | 747 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 520000 or 76559 by absolute magnitude L☉ |
| Temperature | 5700 or 4076 by B-V K |
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V382 Carinae, also known as x Carinae (x Car), is a star in the constellation Carina.
V382 Carinae is a yellow G-type hypergiant with a mean apparent magnitude of +3.93. It is 5930.90 light years from Earth. It is classified as a Cepheid variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +3.84 to +4.02. It is surprisingly 747 times the size of our Sun.
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