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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.
It has the Bayer designation w Velorum, while HD 77258 is the identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue. The system is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.45. [ 2 ]
AH Velorum is a Cepheid variable located less than a degree to the northeast of Gamma. [19] A yellow-white supergiant of spectral type F7Ib-II, it pulsates between magnitudes 5.5 and 5.89 over 4.2 days. [20] Also lying close to Gamma, [21] V Velorum is a Cepheid of spectral type F6-F9II ranging from magnitude 7.2 to 7.9 over 4.4 days. [22]
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Vela, sorted by decreasing brightness.. This constellation's Bayer designations (Greek-letter star names) were given while it was still considered part of the constellation of Argo Navis.
WR 136, a WN6 star where the atmosphere shed during the red supergiant phase has been shocked by the hot, fast WR winds to form a visible bubble nebula. In 1867, using the 40 cm Foucault telescope at the Paris Observatory, astronomers Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet [1] discovered three stars in the constellation Cygnus (HD 191765, HD 192103 and HD 192641, now designated as WR 134, WR 135, and ...
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.
WY Velorum, also known as HD 81137, is a binary system between a variable red supergiant (RSG) and a blue giant companion in the constellation of Vela. It is located approximately 1,900 parsecs (6,200 light-years) distant. Its apparent magnitude slowly varies over the course of years between 8.84 and 10.22.
HD 89890 is the brightest member of a multiple star system with at least four components, [4] located in the southern constellation of Vela.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.50. [3]