Talk:List of stars in Vela

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Etymologies don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 13:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

BD	F	Names and other designations	Mag.	Ly away	Comments
γ^1,2		Gamma Velorum, Regor, Suhail, Suhail al Muhlif, Muliphein	1.82	840	< Roger [backwards], honoring Roger Chaffee, one of the astronauts who died in the Apollo fire Suhail and Muliphein shared with λ Velorum Spectral Gem of the southern skies by Eddie double star; component magnitudes: 1.82, 4.27 Wolf-Rayet star
δ		Delta Velorum, Koo She	1.93	79.7	< 弧矢Koo She Chinese "Bow and Arrow", originally assigned for some stars among Canis Major, Puppis,and Vela.(introduced by Robson for this star) quadruple star; component magnitudes: 2.02, 5.00, 11.00, 13.50
λ		Lambda Velorum, Suhail, Suhail al Muhlif, Al Suhail, Alsuhail, Suhail Alwazn, Muliphein	2.21	573	< سهيل المحلف suhayl al-muħlif The glorious (star) of the oath. [سهيل suhayl "glorious" is a common name for bright stars.] Suhail and Muliphein shared with γ Velorum
κ		Kappa Velorum, Markab	2.47	539	< مركب markab The vehicle [boat etc.] Markab shared with α Pegasi and κ Puppis
μ		Mu Velorum, Peregrini, Alherem, Al Haram	2.69	116	< Peregrini means "wanderers" or "pilgrims" in Latin, and refers to the Argonauts aboard the Argo. < الحرام al-haram the sanctuary, or the sacred
N		N Velorum, Marut	3.16	238	< मरुत Marut the Hindu god Vayu or Pavan, god of air and wind
φ		Phi Velorum, Tseen Ke	3.52	1930	< 天紀 (Mandarin tiānjì) Heaven's record [= star chart]
ο		Omicron Velorum, Xestus	3.60	495	< Ξηστως Xestos Greek god of sea currents and ocean currents who helped to guide the Argo
ψ		Psi Velorum	3.60	60.5	double star; component magnitudes: 4.12, 4.65
c		c Velorum	3.75	309
b		b Velorum	3.77	3100
p		p Velorum	3.84	86.5
q		q Velorum	3.85	103
a		a Velorum	3.87	1550
d		d Velorum	4.05
e		e Velorum	4.11
x		x Velorum	4.29
M		M Velorum	4.34
i		i Velorum	4.37
w		w Velorum	4.45
J		J Velorum	4.50
m		m Velorum	4.58
H		H Velorum	4.68
n		n Velorum	4.74	1900
B		B Velorum	4.79	1510
r		r Velorum	4.82
Q		Q Velorum	4.85	1080
l		l Velorum	4.92
g		g Velorum	4.94
C		C Velorum	5.01	877
L		L Velorum	5.01
t		t Velorum	5.02
F		F Velorum	5.08
f		f Velorum	5.09
u		u Velorum	5.09
I		I Velorum	5.09
D		D Velorum	5.15
z		z Velorum	5.24
K		K Velorum	5.26
A		A Velorum	5.33	1640
h		h Velorum	5.47
y		y Velorum	5.51
	16	16 Velorum	5.52
O		O Velorum	5.56
s		s Velorum	5.76
E		E Velorum	5.79
k¹		k¹ Velorum	5.85
		HD 75289	6.36	94[1]	has a planet
		HD 83443	8.24	142[2]	has a planet

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