V357 Carinae

Starbox short
name=V357 Carinae
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Carina
ra=09^h10^m58.0^s
dec=−58°58′01″
spectral=B2IV-V
appmag_v=+3.43
dist_ly=419 ± 25
dist_pc=128 ± 8
names=a Carinae, HR 3659, HD 79351, CP−58°1419, HIP 45080, SAO 236693, GC 12696

V357 Carinae (a Car / a Carinae) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina. It is approximately 419 light years from Earth. The mean apparent magnitude of the system is +3.43.

V357 Carinae is composed of two similar blue-white B-type subgiants. It is an eclipsing binary. Due to the eclipses, it is a variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +3.41 to +3.44 with a period of 6.75 days, which is its orbital period.