Canopus (α Car) - The main star of the constellation, but once also the entire Argo Navis, is α Argus, which represented the helm. As it is located on the very northwestern edge of the constellation, as an orange star it could be seen from as far as northern Africa low above the southern horizon. During the local winter, it culminates about 20 minutes before Sirius in Canis Major. Canopus is a yellow supergiant of spectral class FO, with its brightness of -0.8mag, it is the second brightest star in the sky after Sirius. It is 313 light-years away from the Sun and is 200,000 times more luminous than it. Interestingly, it is located far from the ecliptic, which is why most interplanetary satellites use it for spatial orientation.

R Carinae - The variable star of Mira Ceti type with a magnitude range from 3.9 to 10.5 and a period of 309 days.

η Carinae - An unusual variable star, massive and unstable, which may explode as a supernova in the future. In 1677, Edmund Halley observed that this star brightened to 4th magnitude. By 1730, it reached 2nd magnitude, in 1827 it brightened to 1st magnitude, and in April 1843, it temporarily became the second brightest star in the sky with a brightness of -0.8 magnitude! In the following years, its brightness decreased, and since 1868 it has sometimes been invisible without a telescope, as its brightness ranged around 6th stellar magnitude. However, in the infrared region, it remains the brightest source in the sky.

Falešný kríž - The quartet of stars ι, ε Car, and δ and κ Velorum form the letter X in the sky, which is often confused with the stars of the Southern Cross. However, the False Cross is slightly larger, more symmetrical, and less bright. ε Car is a beautiful double star distinguishable in a smaller telescope. It consists of two components with brightness of 3mag and 6mag, separated by 5".