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Proper Name	Miaplacidus
Bayer Designation	Beta Carinae
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	3685
HD	80007
Constellation	Carina
Right Ascension	9h 13m 12s
Declination	-69° 43' 2"
Distance	113 light years 35 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +1.2 Absolute: +0.1
Spectral Class	A2III white giant
Optimum Visibility	February / March (usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	Miaplacidus has an estimated age of 260 million years, making it signficantly younger than a less massive star like the Sun. Nonetheless, it has already completed its cycle of burning hydrogen its core and evolved into its giant phase, expanding to some six times the Sun's diameter.

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Carina's Beta star is a white giant, a little more than one hundred light years from the Solar System.

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