100 Things to See in the Southern Night Sky by Dean Regas

Author:Dean Regas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adams Media

How to Find It

Canopus, the second brightest star in the entire sky, is all you need to identify the constellation Carina. Although Carina stands highest in the sky during the early spring evenings, you can still spy Canopus rising in the southeastern sky even in January. The constellation will look like a dangling fishhook with dazzlingly bright Canopus at the top and Theta Carinae and Miaplacidus at the bottom. But once autumn begins, Carina will stand very high in the south, approximately 60 degrees above the horizon. Canopus will be at the far right of the ship-like star pattern 60 degrees above the southwestern horizon. You can also look for the fainter outlines of the constellations Puppis and Vela that will be above the curve of stars forming Carina and will appear almost directly overhead.

By April and May the constellation will start to appear lower in the southwestern sky with Canopus leading the way. Canopus will be low in the southwestern sky in May and start to set on late June nights. The remainder of the constellation will set during July and August. Between September and December, the constellation is mostly below the southern horizon and not visible from mid-southern latitudes.

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