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Vela (constellation)

Index Vela (constellation)

Vela is a constellation in the southern sky. [1]

86 relations: AH Velorum, Antlia, Argo, Argo Navis, Argonauts, Asterism (astronomy), Astronomical unit, Bayer designation, Binary star, Brown dwarf, Carina (constellation), Celestial navigation, Centaurus, Constellation, Constellation family, Crux, Declination, Deep-sky object, Delta Velorum, Effective temperature, Emission nebula, Epsilon Carinae, Equatorial coordinate system, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Exoplanet, Gamma Velorum, Globular cluster, Golden Fleece, Greek mythology, Gum Nebula, HD 73526, HD 75289, HD 85390, HD 93385, Herbig–Haro object, HH 46/47, Hot Jupiter, IC 2391, International Astronomical Union, Iota Carinae, IRAS 08544-4431, James Dunlop, Jason, Johann Bayer, Kappa Velorum, Keel, Lambda Velorum, Latin, Light-year, Lists of constellations, ..., London, Luhman 16, Messier 4, Nebula, New York City, NGC 2547, NGC 2736, NGC 2899, NGC 3132, NGC 3201, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Omicron Velorum, Open cluster, Planetary nebula, Poop deck, Princeton University Press, Ptolemy, Pulsar, Puppis, Pyxis, RCW 36, Right ascension, RV Tauri variable, Sail, Semi-major and semi-minor axes, Solar System, South Pole, Supernova, Uranometria, Vela Molecular Ridge, Vela Pulsar, Vela Supernova Remnant, Virginia, WASP-19, Wolf–Rayet star, 30th parallel north. Expand index (36 more) »

AH Velorum

AH Velorum is a star in the constellation Vela.

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Antlia

Antlia (from Ancient Greek ἀντλία) is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.

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Argo

In Greek mythology, Argo (in Greek: Ἀργώ) was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

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Argo Navis

Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, was a large constellation in the southern sky that has since been divided into the three constellations of Carina, Puppis and Vela.

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Argonauts

The Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται Argonautai) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War, around 1300 BC, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.

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Asterism (astronomy)

In observational astronomy, an asterism is a popular known pattern or group of stars that are recognised in the night sky.

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Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Binary star

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars, having masses between approximately 13 to 75–80 times that of Jupiter, or approximately to about.

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Carina (constellation)

Carina is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Celestial navigation

Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the ancient and modern practice of position fixing that enables a navigator to transition through a space without having to rely on estimated calculations, or dead reckoning, to know their position.

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Centaurus

Centaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Constellation family

Constellation families are collections of constellations sharing some defining characteristic, such as proximity on the celestial sphere, common historical origin, or common mythological theme.

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Crux

Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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Deep-sky object

Deep-sky object (abbreviated as DSO) is a term designating any astronomical object that is not an individual star or Solar System object (such as Sun, Moon, planet, comet, etc.). The classification is used for the most part by amateur astronomers to denote visually observed faint naked eye and telescopic objects such as star clusters, nebulae and galaxies.

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Delta Velorum

Delta Velorum (δ Velorum, abbreviated Del Vel, δ Vel) is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Vela, near the border with Carina, and is part of the False Cross.

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Effective temperature

The effective temperature of a body such as a star or planet is the temperature of a black body that would emit the same total amount of electromagnetic radiation.

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Emission nebula

An emission nebula is a nebula formed of ionized gases that emit light of various wavelengths.

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Epsilon Carinae

Epsilon Carinae (ε Carinae, abbreviated Epsilon Car, ε Car), also named Avior, is a binary star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Equatorial coordinate system

The equatorial coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system widely used to specify the positions of celestial objects.

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Eugène Joseph Delporte

Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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Gamma Velorum

Gamma Velorum (γ Vel, γ Velorum) is a multiple star system in the constellation Vela.

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Globular cluster

A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite.

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Golden Fleece

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (χρυσόμαλλον δέρας chrysómallon déras) is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which was held in Colchis.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.

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Gum Nebula

The Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula that extends across 40° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis.

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HD 73526

HD 73526 is a G-type main-sequence star.

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HD 75289

HD 75289 is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation of Vela.

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HD 85390

HD 85390 is a main sequence star of spectral class K1 located approximately 106 light years away in the constellation Vela, appearing as 8.55 magnitude star.

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HD 93385

HD 93385 is a star in the southern constellation of Vela.

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Herbig–Haro object

Herbig–Haro (HH) objects are turbulent looking patches of nebulosity associated with newborn stars.

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HH 46/47

HH 46/47 is a complex of Herbig-Haro objects (HH objects), located around 450 parsecs (about 1,470 light-years) away in a Bok globule near the Gum nebula.

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Hot Jupiter

Hot Jupiters are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter but that have very short orbital period (P The close proximity to their stars and high surface-atmosphere temperatures resulted in the moniker "hot Jupiters". Hot Jupiters are the easiest extrasolar planets to detect via the radial-velocity method, because the oscillations they induce in their parent stars' motion are relatively large and rapid compared to those of other known types of planets. One of the best-known hot Jupiters is 51 Pegasi b. Discovered in 1995, it was the first extrasolar planet found orbiting a Sun-like star. 51 Pegasi b has an orbital period of about 4 days.

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IC 2391

IC 2391 (also known as the Omicron Velorum Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation Vela.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.

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Iota Carinae

Iota Carinae (ι Carinae, abbreviated Iota Car, ι Car), also named Aspidiske, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation (circumpolar if viewed at any location from approximately 40° S to the South Pole) of Carina.

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IRAS 08544-4431

IRAS 08544-4431 is a binary system containing a post-AGB star in the constellation of Vela.

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James Dunlop

James Dunlop FRSE (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a Scottish astronomer, noted for his work in Australia.

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Jason

Jason (Ἰάσων Iásōn) was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was the leader of the Argonauts whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature.

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Johann Bayer

Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).

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Kappa Velorum

Kappa Velorum (κ Velorum, abbreviated Kap Vel, κ Vel) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela.

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Keel

On boats and ships, the keel is either of two parts: a structural element that sometimes resembles a fin and protrudes below a boat along the central line, or a hydrodynamic element.

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Lambda Velorum

Lambda Velorum (λ Velorum, abbreviated Lambda Vel, λ Vel), also named Suhail, is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky. The distance to this star can be measured directly using the parallax technique, yielding an estimated from the Sun.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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Lists of constellations

The following lists of constellations are available.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Luhman 16

Luhman 16 (WISE 1049−5319, WISE J104915.57−531906.1) is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of approximately from the Sun.

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Messier 4

Messier 4 or M4 (also designated NGC 6121) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius.

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Nebula

A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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NGC 2547

NGC 2547 is a southern open cluster in Vela, discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa.

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NGC 2736

NGC 2736 (also known as the Pencil Nebula) is a small part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, located near the Vela Pulsar in the constellation Vela.

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NGC 2899

NGC 2899 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vela at a distance of nearly 6500 light years which lies in a moderate rich star zone.

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NGC 3132

NGC 3132, also known as the Eight-Burst Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula, is a bright and extensively studied planetary nebula in the constellation Vela.

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NGC 3201

NGC 3201 (also known as Caldwell 79) is a low galactic latitude globular cluster in the southern constellation of Vela.

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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille

Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, (15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer.

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Omicron Velorum

Omicron Velorum (ο Vel, ο Velorum) is a star in the constellation Vela.

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Open cluster

An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age.

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Planetary nebula

A planetary nebula, abbreviated as PN or plural PNe, is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives.

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Poop deck

In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.

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Pulsar

A pulsar (from pulse and -ar as in quasar) is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star or white dwarf that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.

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Puppis

Puppis is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Pyxis

Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky.

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RCW 36

RCW 36 (also designated Gum 20) is an emission nebula containing an open cluster in the constellation Vela.

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Right ascension

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.

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RV Tauri variable

RV Tauri variables are luminous variable stars that have distinctive light variations with alternating deep and shallow minima.

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Sail

A sail is a tensile structure—made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.

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Semi-major and semi-minor axes

In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the widest points of the perimeter.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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Supernova

A supernova (plural: supernovae or supernovas, abbreviations: SN and SNe) is a transient astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a star's life, either a massive star or a white dwarf, whose destruction is marked by one final, titanic explosion.

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Uranometria

Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.

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Vela Molecular Ridge

Vela Molecular Ridge is a molecular cloud complex in the constellations Vela and Puppis.

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Vela Pulsar

The Vela Pulsar (PSR J0835-4510 or PSR B0833-45) is a radio, optical, X-ray- and gamma-emitting pulsar associated with the Vela Supernova Remnant in the constellation of Vela.

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Vela Supernova Remnant

The Vela supernova remnant is a supernova remnant in the southern constellation Vela.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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WASP-19

WASP-19 is a magnitude 12.3 star located in the Vela constellation of the southern hemisphere.

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Wolf–Rayet star

Wolf–Rayet stars, often abbreviated as WR stars, are a rare heterogeneous set of stars with unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of highly ionised helium and nitrogen or carbon.

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30th parallel north

The 30th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_(constellation)

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