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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...
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    the constellation of Vela. Its parent Type II supernova exploded approximately 11,000–12,300 years ago (and was about 800 light-years away). Vela is the...
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  • 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...
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    The Vela supernova remnant is a supernova remnant in the southern constellation Vela. Its source Type II supernova exploded approximately 11,000 years...
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  • This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Vela, sorted by decreasing brightness. This constellation's Bayer designations (Greek-letter star...
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    is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was the southern foundation of the larger constellation of Argo...
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    Puppis, and Vela. The 88 constellations depict 42 animals, 29 inanimate objects, and 17 humans or mythological characters. Each IAU constellation has an official...
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  • Look up Vela or vela in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vela or Velas may refer to: Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)...
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    Puppis (redirect from Puppis constellation)
    and Vela (the sails of the ship). Puppis is the largest of the three constellations in square degrees. It is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized...
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    NGC 3132 (category Vela (constellation))
    Caldwell 74) is a bright and extensively studied planetary nebula in the constellation Vela. Its distance from Earth is estimated at about 613 pc or 2,000 light-years...
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    into the three modern constellations that occupy much of the same area: Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck or stern), and Vela (the sails). Argo derived...
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    Gamma Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    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...
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  • Suhail (star) (category Vela (constellation))
    horizon. It is part of the traditional names of three stars in the constellation Argo Navis. Lambda Velorum, now officially named Suhail by the IAU Working...
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    constellation. (The galactic anticenter) For 270°, look towards the Vela constellation. A long tradition of dividing the visible skies into four precedes...
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    Luhman 16 (category Vela (constellation))
    J104915.57−531906.1) is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of 6.51 light-years (2.00 parsecs) from the Sun. These...
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    NGC 2736 (category Vela (constellation))
    Pencil Nebula) is a small part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, located near the Vela Pulsar in the constellation Vela. The nebula's linear appearance triggered...
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  • which he interpreted as referring to a supernova explosion in the Vela (constellation) which he dated to about 6000 years ago. He is described by Kenn...
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    into three constellations by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille: Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck), and Vela (the sails). The new constellations were introduced...
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    Lambda Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    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...
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  • Constellation Software is a Canadian diversified software company. It is based in Toronto, Canada, is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and is a constituent...
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  • The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern...
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  • Gliese 367 b (category Vela (constellation))
    367 (GJ 367), 30.7 light-years (9.4 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Vela. The exoplanet takes just 7.7 hours to orbit its star, one of the...
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    GJ 1132 b (category Vela (constellation))
    dwarf star GJ 1132 41 light-years (13 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Vela. The planet is considered uninhabitable but cool enough to possess...
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    quadruple star HD 74438, belonging to the open cluster IC 2391 the Vela constellation, has been predicted to become a non-standard type Ia supernova. Very...
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    located in the southern sky in the constellation Vela ("sail"), and sits (in projection) inside the much larger and older Vela Supernova Remnant. For this reason...
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  • Q Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    The Bayer designations q Velorum and Q Velorum are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star q Velorum, see HD...
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  • L Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    The Bayer designations l Velorum and L Velorum are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star l Velorum, see HD...
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  • N Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    The Bayer designations n Velorum and N Velorum are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star n Velorum, see HD...
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    Pyxis (redirect from Pyxis constellation)
    or hull), the Puppis (the stern), and the Vela (the sails). These eventually became their own constellations. In the 19th century, John Herschel suggested...
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  • M Velorum (category Vela (constellation))
    The Bayer designations m Velorum and M Velorum are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star m Velorum, see HD...
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