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    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 and...
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    Vela (constellation) (redirect from Velorum)
    multiple star Gamma Velorum, one component of which is the closest and brightest Wolf-Rayet star in the sky. Delta and Kappa Velorum, together with Epsilon...
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    Delta VelorumVelorum, abbreviated Delta Vel, δ Vel) is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Vela, near the border with Carina, and...
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  • HD 77258 (redirect from W Velorum)
    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...
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  • classical Cepheid variable in the constellation Vela that is now called V Velorum w Carinae (V520 Carinae), a red giant in the constellation of Carina This...
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    Kappa VelorumVelorum, abbreviated Kappa Vel, κ Vel; proper name Markeb /ˈmɑːrkɛb/) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. The...
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    spectroscopic-binary stars : ί Gruis, θ1 Crucis, 28 Doradus, α Phoenicis, β Doradus, W Velorum, ρ Tucanae". Annals of the Cape Observatory. 10: 7. Bibcode:1924AnCap...
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    high-amplitude Delta Scuti variables are also called AI Velorum stars, after the prototype AI Velorum. Delta Scuti stars exhibit both radial and non-radial...
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    Wolf–Rayet star (redirect from Class W)
    Hermsen, W.; Knödlseder, J.; Morris, D.; Schönfelder, V.; von Ballmoos, P. (2000). "COMPTEL limits on 26Al 1.809 MeV line emission from gamma2 Velorum". Astronomy...
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    AI Velorum is a variable star in the southern constellation of Vela, abbreviated AI Vel. It is a prototype for a class of high amplitude Delta Scuti variables...
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  • example, since Argo Navis's alpha star went to Carina, there is no Alpha Velorum. List of stars by constellation Sanduleak, N.; Pesch, Peter (1990). "On...
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    Vela X-1 (redirect from GP Velorum)
    orbit by HD 77581. It has been given the variable star designation GP Velorum, and it varies from visual magnitude 6.76 to 6.99. The spin period of the...
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    Vela Pulsar (redirect from HU Velorum)
    ISBN 978-981-12-2093-7 Palfreyman, J.; Dickey, J. M.; Hotan, A.; Ellingsen, S.; van Straten, W. (April 2018). "Alteration of the magnetosphere of the Vela pulsar during...
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    KQ Velorum is a variable star system in the southern constellation of Vela. It has the identifier HD 94660 in the Henry Draper Catalogue; KQ Vel is the...
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    Bibio (fly) (redirect from Bibio velorum)
    variicolor Yang & Luo, 1989 B. varipes Meigen, 1830 B. velcida Hardy, 1937 B. velorum McAtee, 1923 B. venosus (Meigen, 1804) B. vestitus Walker, 1848 B. villosus...
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    HY Velorum is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. It is a dim star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude...
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    Estimates of its distance to Earth vary between 3,200 and 8,300 light-years. b Velorum has been classified as a suspected α Cygni variable star which varies by...
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    GZ Velorum is a single, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Vela. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual...
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    diamond-shaped False Cross is composed of the four stars Alsephina (δ Velorum), Markeb (κ Velorum), Avior (ε Carinae), and Aspidiske (ι Carinae). Although its...
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    Koo She refers to the asterism including Delta Velorum and Omega Velorum. AEEA opinion is, Delta Velorum is member of 天社 (Tiān Shè), meaning Celestial...
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    Psi Velorum, Latinized from ψ Velorum, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 53.15 mas...
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    Mu Velorum (μ Vel, μ Velorum) is a binary star system in the southern constellation Vela. The two stars orbit each other with a semi-major axis of 1.437 arcseconds...
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  • example: Miller 1 at 9:25:42 / -53°14'00", near the variable star GL Velorum, in Vela) Milb — W. Milburn (double stars) MlbO — Melbourne Observatory, Australia...
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    components, a blue supergiant and a Wolf–Rayet star, of the Regor or Gamma Velorum system. Mimosa and Acrux, two bright star systems in the southern constellation...
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    Dnoces – "Second" spelled backwards, for Edward H. White II. And Gamma Velorum became Regor – Roger (Chaffee) spelled backwards. These names quickly stuck...
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  • Press. September 2005. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. Jr. (November 1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue...
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    P/A=\sigma T^{4}\ ,} where σ is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant, σ ≈ 5.67×10−8 W⋅m−2⋅K−4‍ To remain in thermal equilibrium at constant temperature T, the black...
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    galaxy. CUP Archive. p. 31. ISBN 0-521-45882-X. Kepple, G. R.; Sanner, G. W. (1998). The Night Sky Observer's Guide. Vol. 1. Willmann-Bell. p. 18. ISBN 0-943396-58-1...
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    including δ Velorum and ω Velorum. AEEA opinion is, δ Velorum is member of 天社 (Tiān Shè), meaning Celestial Earth God's Temple asterism and ω Velorum is not...
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    HD 73882 (redirect from NX Velorum)
    Velorum", International Variable Star Index, retrieved 2022-01-03 Snow, T. P.; Rachford, B. L.; Tumlinson, J.; Shull, J. M.; Welty, D. E.; Blair, W....
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