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Vela is a constellation in the southern sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis , which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis .
This constellation's Bayer designations (Greek-letter star names) were given while it was still considered part of the constellation of Argo Navis. After Argo Navis was broken up into Carina, Vela, and Puppis, these Greek-letter designations were kept, so that Vela does not have a full complement of Greek-letter designations. For example, since ...
NGC 3261 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Vela. The galaxy lies about 110 million light years away from Earth based on redshift, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3261 is approximately 130,000 light years across. [1] It was discovered by John Herschel on March 15, 1836. [3]
The formation of constellations was the subject of extensive mythology, most notably in the Metamorphoses of the Latin poet Ovid. Constellations in the far southern sky were added from the 15th century until the mid-18th century when European explorers began traveling to the Southern Hemisphere. Due to Roman and European transmission, each ...
Lambda Velorum (λ Velorum, abbreviated Lambda Vel, λ Vel), officially named Suhail / ˈ s uː h eɪ l /, [11] is a star in the southern constellation of Vela.With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, [2] this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky.
Puppis ("stern") is a constellation in the southern sky. It was originally part of the traditional constellation of Argo Navis (the ship of Jason and the Argonauts), which was divided into three parts, the other two being Carina (the keel and hull), and Vela (the sails). Puppis is the largest of the three constellations in square degrees.
Kappa Velorum (κ Velorum, abbreviated Kappa Vel, κ Vel; proper name Markeb [10] / ˈ m ɑːr k ɛ b /) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. The two components are designated Kappa Velorum A and B. From parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of roughly 572 light-years (175 parsecs) from the Sun.
Gamma Velorum is a quadruple star system in the constellation Vela.This name is the Bayer designation for the star, which is Latinised from γ Velorum and abbreviated γ Vel.At a combined magnitude of +1.72, it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and contains by far the closest and brightest Wolf–Rayet star.