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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] It was discovered by John Herschel on March 15, 1836. [3]
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 .
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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). With an apparent magnitude of 6.26, the brighter primary is near the limit for naked eye visibility.
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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. The core of the cluster is 1.93 parsec (6.3 light years) across and the total radius is 3.6 pc (11.7 light years).
HD 75063 is a single [10] star in the southern constellation of Vela. It has the Bayer designation of a Velorum , while HD 75063 is the identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue . This is a naked-eye star with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.87 [ 2 ] and has a white hue.
HD 77258 is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. 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 ]