Vela

English name	Sail
Major stars	gamma Velorum		magn. 1,9	RA: 08h 09m 31.99s	Dec: -47° 20' 12.0"
	delta Velorum		magn. 2,0	RA: 08h 44m 42.23s	Dec: -54° 42' 29.7"
	kappa Velorum		magn. 2,6	RA: 09h 22m 06.85s	Dec: -55° 00' 38.5"
	lambda Velorum		magn. 2,2	RA: 09h 07m 59.80s	Dec: -43° 25' 57.2"
	my Velorum		magn. 2,8	RA: 10h 46m 46.18s	Dec: -49° 25' 12.2"
	SAO 237067		magn. 3,0	RA: 09h 31m 13.30s	Dec: -57° 02' 04.1"
Description	Constellation of middling dimensions, situated to the north of Carina, between Centaurus and Puppis. It doesn't contain any particular objects, apart two open clusters: IC 2391, visible to the naked eye too, and NGC 2547, composed by about fifty stars some of which reach the seventh magnitude (it is easily observable with simple binoculars).
Mythology and history	The constellation represents the sails of the Argonauts' ship (see the mythology of Carina).

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