Vela (constellation)

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Template:Infobox Constellation Vela (Latin for sails) is a southern constellation, one of the four parts into which Argo Navis was split (the others being; Carina (constellation), Puppis and Pyxis.

Of the deep sky objects of interest in Vela is a planetary nebula known as the Eight-Burst nebula. Also of interest within the constellation is the Vela Supernova Remnant. This is the nebula of a supernova explosion which is believed to have been visible from the Earth around 10000 years ago. The remnant contains a pulsar which was the first pulsar to be identified optically apart from that in the Crab Nebula.

1 Mythology
2 False Cross
3 Notable and named stars
4 See also
5 External links

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Mythology

Since Vela was originally part of the Argo Navis, it has no pre 17th century mythology associated with it independently. However,Vela is one of the three constellations that use to form the constellation of Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, of which Vela happens to be the sail.

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False Cross

The False Cross is an asterism formed of the stars Delta Velorum and Kappa Velorum and Iota Carinae and Epsilon Carinae. It is sometimes mistaken for the Southern Cross, causing errors in astronavigation.

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Notable and named stars

BD	F	Names and other designations	Mag.	Ly away	Comments
γ^1,2		Gamma Velorum, Regor, Suhail, Suhail al Muhlif, Muliphein	1.82	840	< Roger [backwards], honoring Roger Chaffee, one of the astronauts who died in the Apollo fire Suhail and Muliphein shared with λ Velorum double star; component magnitudes: 1.82, 4.27 Wolf-Rayet star
δ		Delta Velorum	1.93	79.7	< Koo She (of chinese origin) quadruple star; component magnitudes: 2.02, 5.00, 11.00, 13.50
λ		Lambda Velorum, Suhail, Suhail al Muhlif, Al Suhail, Alsuhail, Suhail Alwazn, Muliphein	2.21	573	< سهيل المحلف suhayl al-muħlif The glorious (star) of the oath. [سهيل suhayl "glorious" is a common name for bright stars.] Suhail and Muliphein shared with γ Velorum
κ		Kappa Velorum, Markab	2.47	539	< مركب markab The vehicle [boat etc.] Markab shared with α Pegasi and κ Puppis
μ		Mu Velorum	2.69	116
N		N Velorum	3.16	238
φ		Phi Velorum, Tseen Ke	3.52	1930	< 天紀 (Mandarin tiānjì) Heaven's record [= star chart]
ο		Omicron Velorum	3.60	495
ψ		Psi Velorum	3.60	60.5	double star; component magnitudes: 4.12, 4.65
c		c Velorum	3.75	309
b		b Velorum	3.77	3100
p		p Velorum	3.84	86.5
q		q Velorum	3.85	103
a		a Velorum	3.87	1550
d		d Velorum	4.05
e		e Velorum	4.11
x		x Velorum	4.29
M		M Velorum	4.34
i		i Velorum	4.37
w		w Velorum	4.45
J		J Velorum	4.50
m		m Velorum	4.58
H		H Velorum	4.68
n		n Velorum	4.74	1900
B		B Velorum	4.79	1510
r		r Velorum	4.82
Q		Q Velorum	4.85	1080
l		l Velorum	4.92
g		g Velorum	4.94
C		C Velorum	5.01	877
L		L Velorum	5.01
t		t Velorum	5.02
F		F Velorum	5.08
f		f Velorum	5.09
u		u Velorum	5.09
I		I Velorum	5.09
D		D Velorum	5.15
z		z Velorum	5.24
K		K Velorum	5.26
A		A Velorum	5.33	1640
h		h Velorum	5.47
y		y Velorum	5.51
	16	16 Velorum	5.52
O		O Velorum	5.56
s		s Velorum	5.76
E		E Velorum	5.79
k¹		k¹ Velorum	5.85
		HD 75289	6.36	94[1]	has a planet
		HD 83443	8.24	142[2]	has a planet