Constellations
Vela (Vel)
The Sails
Also known as sails.
6 looks for Vela
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Vela
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Sails
- IAU abbreviation
- Vel
- Its stars are named
- Velorum (as in "Alpha Velorum")
- Family
- Heavenly Waters
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 9h 30m, declination −48° 59′
- The figure
- 8 stars joined by 7 lines
- Brightest star
- Regor, magnitude 1.68
Star patterns in it: False Cross.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Regor (γ2 Vel)mag 1.68
- Alsephina (δ Vel)mag 1.96
- Suhail (λ Vel)mag 2.21
- Markeb (κ Vel)mag 2.50
- μ Velmag 2.69
- φ Velmag 3.54
- ψ Velmag 3.60
- q Velmag 3.85
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation