What is V382 Carinae?
{{more sources|date=January 2019}} [[File:V382 Carinae.jpg|thumb]] '''V382 Carinae''', also named '''x Carinae''', is a [[yellow hypergiant]] [[star]]. It is visible to the eye and is seen in the [[Carina (constellation)|Carina constellation]]. With a diameter of almost 1 [[billion]] [[kilometers]], or 700 times larger than the [[Sun]], it is one of the [[List of largest stars|largest known stars]]. V382 Carinae is 316,000 times brighter than the Sun.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992A&A...259..600A | bibcode=1992A&A...259..600A | title=A photometric study of the GO-4Ia+ hypergiant HD 96918 (V382 Carinae) | last1=Achmad | first1=L. | last2=Lamers | first2=H. J. G. L. M. | last3=Nieuwenhuijzen | first3=H. | last4=Van Genderen | first4=A. M. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | year=1992 | volume=259 | page=600 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Hypergiants]] [[Category:Variable stars]]