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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 .
This constellation's Bayer designations (Greek-letter star names) were given while it was still considered part of the constellation of Argo Navis. After Argo Navis was broken up into Carina, Vela, and Puppis, these Greek-letter designations were kept, so that Vela does not have a full complement of Greek-letter designations. For example, since ...
NGC 3261 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Vela.The galaxy lies about 110 million light years away from Earth based on redshift, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3261 is approximately 130,000 light years across. [1]
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Kappa Velorum (κ Velorum, abbreviated Kappa Vel, κ Vel; proper name Markeb [10] / ˈ m ɑːr k ɛ b /) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela.The two components are designated Kappa Velorum A and B.
NGC 2659 is an open cluster in the constellation Vela.It was discovered by John Herschel on 3 February, 1835. It is of Trumpler class III3m. It is a young cluster, with age nearly 8 million years.
NGC 3256 is a peculiar galaxy formed from the collision of two separate galaxies in the constellation of Vela.NGC 3256 is located about 100 million light-years away and belongs to the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster complex.
HR 3562 (HD 76566) is a visual binary consisting of a bluish-white hued variable star and a Sun-like secondary star in the southern constellation of Vela.It has the variable-star designation IY Velorum (abbreviated to IY Vel).