BETA CARINAE

'Beta Carinae' (β Car / β Carinae) is the second brightest star in the constellation Carina and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky, with apparent magnitude 1.68. It is the brightest star in the south polar asterism known as the Diamond Cross, marking the southwestern end of the asterism. Beta Carinae also has the traditional name 'Miaplacidus', meaning ''"placid waters"''.
Beta Carinae's traditional name '''Miaplacidus''' made its debut on star maps in 1856 when the star atlas ''Geography of the Heavens'', composed by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, was published. The meaning and lingusitic origin of the name remained an enigma for many decades, until William Higgins, a great scholar and expert on star names, surmised that the name '''Miaplacidus''' is apparently a bilingual combination of Arabic 'مياه' ''miyāh'' for "waters" and Latin ''placidus'' for "placid".

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★ HD 80007 -- High proper-motion Star

★ Proper Naming of Southern Stars

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★ Beta Carinae

★ MIAPLACIDUS (Beta Carinae)

★ Miaplacidus (Beta Carinae)