W-Vel (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , w-Vel is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 6° above the horizon.
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Name
W-Vel
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h00m05s [4] |
| Declination: | −41°15'12" [4] |
| Constellation: | Vela |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.45 (V) [2] 5.23 (BT) [2] 4.52 (VT) [2] 4.26 (G) [4] 4.61 (BP) [4] 3.74 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 66.0 parsec 215.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.61 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 66.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 320.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.36 |
Sources