Carina

This large southern constellation lies in one of the most beautiful parts of the sky. The Milky Way passing trough Carina and the neighbouring constellation Vela (north of Carina) makes this field worth for random scanning through the sky. The star field is extremly rich and a pleasure to observe even with binoculars or small scopes.
Also it is notable for it contains the second brightest star in the sky, alpha Car, called Canopus.

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