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Vela (abbr. Vel, gen. Velorum)
The Sails; a constellation of the southern hemisphere that together with Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, formed Argo Navis. Vela lies west of Centaurus and north and east of Carina, and occupies a region of sky extremely rich in star fields. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars and interesting deep sky objects.
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| Vela. © 2003 Torsten Bronger. Copied here under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
| Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
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| Star | Visual mag. |
Abs. mag. |
Spectral type |
Distance (lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) | Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Gamma (Regor) | 1.75 | -5.31 | WC8+O7.5e | 841 | 08 09 32 | -47 20 12 |
| Delta (Koo She) | 1.93 | -0.01 | A1V | 80 | 08 44 42 | -54 42 30 |
| Lambda (Al Suhail al Wazn) | 2.23v | -4.00 | K4Ib | 573 | 09 08 00 | -43 25 57 |
| Kappa (Markab) | 2.49 | -0.67 | B9III | 140 | 09 22 07 | -55 00 38 |
| Mu | 2.69 | -0.06 | G5III+G2V | 116 | 10 46 46 | -49 25 12 |
| Phi (Tseen Ke) | 3.52 | -5.34 | B5Ib | 1,930 | 09 56 52 | -54 34 03 |
| Psi | 3.60 | 2.25 | F3IV+F0IV | 61 | 09 30 42 | -40 28 00 |
| Omicron | 3.60 | -2.31 | B3IV | 495 | 08 40 18 | -52 55 19 |
| c | 3.75 | -1.13 | K2III | 309 | 09 04 09 | -47 05 02 |
| p | 3.84 | 1.72 | A3V | 86 | 10 37 18 | -48 13 32 |
| q | 3.85 | 1.35 | A2V | 103 | 10 14 44 | -42 07 19 |
| a | 3.87 | -4.52 | A1III | 1,550 | 08 46 02 | -46 02 30 |
| Other objects of interest | ||
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| Name | Type of Object | Notes |
| Vela Pulsar | star | See separate entry |
| IC 2391 | open cluster | A bright, close group around Omicron Vel, visible to the naked eye but best seen with binoculars. Magnitude 2.5; diameter 50'; R.A. 09h 40.2m, Dec. -53° 04'. |
| IC 2395 | open cluster | Magnitude 4.6; diameter 8'; R.A. 08h 41.1m, Dec. -48° 12'. |
| NGC 2547 | open cluster | About 50 stars of seventh magnitude and fainter, visible with binoculars. Magnitude 4.7; diameter 20'; R.A. 08h 10.7m, Dec. -49° 16'. |
| NGC 3201 | globular cluster | Magnitude 4.7; diameter 18'; R.A. 10h 17.6m, Dec. -46° 25'. |
| Eight-burst Nebula | planetary nebula | NGC 3132. See separate entry. |
| Constellations |
| Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Bootes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Austrina | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | Vulpecula |
Related categories
• NOTABLE STARS
• NEBULAE AND STAR CLUSTERS
• GALAXIES
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