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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 .
HR 3803 or N Velorum (N Vel) is a 3rd-magnitude star on the border between the southern constellations Carina and Vela. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 223 light-years (68 parsecs) from Earth. It has a spectral classificafion of K5III, [3] indicating that it has evolved from the main sequence and is now a giant star.
The Catasterismi or Catasterisms (Greek Καταστερισμοί Katasterismoi, "Constellations" or "Placings Among the Stars" [1]) is a lost work by Eratosthenes of Cyrene. It was a comprehensive compendium of astral mythology including origin myths of the stars and constellations .
HY Velorum is a binary star [7] system in the southern constellation of Vela.It is a dim star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.83. [5] The distance to this system, as estimated from its annual parallax shift of 7.1 mas, [2] is 460 light years.
Mu Velorum (μ Vel, μ Velorum) is a binary star system in the southern constellation Vela.The two stars orbit each other with a semi-major axis of 1.437 arcseconds and a period of 116.24 years. [11]
HD 79940 is a single [9] star in the southern constellation of Vela.It has the Bayer designation of k 1 Velorum; HD 79940 is the identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue.This star has a yellow-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye as a point light source with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63. [2]
AH Velorum is a single, [11] yellow-white hued star in the constellation Vela. It has an average apparent visual magnitude of 5.70, [ 2 ] which makes it bright enough to be dimly visible to the naked eye in good seeing conditions.
WR 12 (V378 Velorum) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Vela. It is an eclipsing binary consisting of a Wolf-Rayet star and a luminous companion of unknown spectral type. The primary is one of the most luminous stars known. The spectrum of WR 12 is dominated by the broad emission lines of the primary Wolf-Rayet star.