I found somewhere online that CARA is a star that is in the Orion constellation? Is this true?
How can I find a picture pointing this out if so?|||There is no star officially named Cara.
There is, however, a star named Chara, in Canes Venatici.|||http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/or鈥?/a>
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constel鈥?/a>|||The only place I've seen reference to "Cara" as a star in Orion is on baby names websites (see representative link below) which offer no corroboration, so I suspect it's anecdotal. I have never heard of such a star name otherwise, and no maps I'm pulling up reference it.
It might be a non-official (i.e. non-IAU) or non-Western name of one of the stars, but if so it's pretty uncommon.|||After searching, I couldn't find a star in Orion by that name...
Check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sta鈥?/a>
You'll see what I mean.
Good Luck!|||* 位 Ori (Meissa) is Orion's head.
* 伪 Ori (Betelgeuse), at its right shoulder, is a red star with a diameter larger than the orbit of Mars. Although it is the 伪-star, it is somewhat fainter than Rigel.
* 纬 Ori (Bellatrix), is at Orion's left shoulder.
* 味 Ori (Alnitak), 蔚 Ori (Alnilam) and 未 Ori (Mintaka) make up the asterism known as Orion's Belt: three bright stars in a row; from these alone one can recognize Orion.
* 畏 Ori (Eta Orionis), between Delta Orionis and Rigel.
* 魏 Ori (Saiph) is at Orion's right knee.
* 尾 Ori (Rigel), at the constellation's left knee, is a large blue-white star, among the brightest in the sky. It has three companions, invisible to the naked eye.
* 喂 Ori (Hatsya) is at the tip of Orion's sword.
CARA is the acronym for an Astronomical Association
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