Editing Beta Carinae (section)

==Nomenclature==
''β Carinae'' (Latinised to ''Beta Carinae'') is the star's [[Bayer designation]].

The star's historical 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 linguistic 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'.{{cn|date=July 2019}} The [[IAU Working Group on Star Names]] first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ''Miaplacidus'' for this star.<ref name="WGSN1">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/WGSN_bulletin1.pdf | title=Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1 |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

In [[Chinese language|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|南船}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Nán Chuán}}), meaning ''[[Chinese constellations#The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區)|Southern Boat]]'', refers to an [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] consisting of β Carinae, [[V337 Carinae]], [[PP Carinae]], [[θ Carinae]] and [[ω Carinae]].<ref>{{in lang|zh}} ''中國星座神話'', written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}.</ref> Consequently, β Carinae itself is known as {{lang|zh|南船五}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Nán Chuán wǔ}}, {{langx|en|the Fifth Star of Southern Boat}}).<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_m.htm 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130063012/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_m.htm |date=2011-01-30 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.</ref>