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NGC 3201 (also known as Caldwell 79) is a low galactic latitude globular cluster in the southern constellation of Vela. It has a very low central concentration of stars. [ 10 ] This cluster was discovered by James Dunlop on May 28, 1826 and listed in his 1827 catalogue.
The regions with higher density of stars are shown; these correspond with known star clusters (Hyades and Coma Berenices) and moving groups. This is a list of nearby stellar associations and moving groups. A stellar association is a very loose star cluster, looser than an open cluster. A moving group is the remnant of such a stellar association ...
NGC 2670 is an open cluster located in Vela. It has an overall magnitude of 7.8 and is 3,200 light-years from Earth. The stars of NGC 2670, a Trumpler class II 2 p and Shapley class-d cluster, are in a conformation suggesting a bow and arrow. Its class indicates that it is a poor, loose cluster, though detached from the star field.
IC 2391 (also known as the Omicron Velorum Cluster or Caldwell 85) is an open cluster in the constellation Vela consisting of hot, young, blueish stars, some of which binaries and one of which is a quadruple. Persian astronomer A. a.-R. al-Sufi first described it as "a nebulous star" in c. 964.
Abel (globular star clusters) Abell — Abell catalogue; Abetti — Giorgio Abetti (double stars) Abt — (for example: open star cluster Abt 1 = Biurakan 4 = Markarian 6 = Stock 7) (at 2:29.6 / +60°39' near the southwestern section of the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia) AC — Astrographic Catalogue; A.C. — Alvan Clark (double stars)
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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.
The Vela Supercluster [1] (Vela SCl, VSCL) is a massive galactic supercluster about 265.5 megaparsecs (870 million light-years) [1] away within the vicinity of the Zone of Avoidance, centered on the constellation Vela. It is one of the largest structures found in the universe, covering about 25 × 20 degrees of the sky.