Vela (constellation)
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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 of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis,
The constellation of Vela, the sails, as it can be seen by the naked eye
Dusty ring around double star IRAS 08544-4431.
Deep-sky photograph of NGC 3132, also known as the Eight-Burst or Southern Ring Nebula. © NASA.
The constellation Vela showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.
Argo Navis
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Argo Navis, or simply Argo, is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, now a grouping of three IAU constellations. It was formerly a single large constellation in the southern sky. The genitive is "Argus
Vela (constellation)
…sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis. With an apparent magnitude of 1.8, its brightest star is the hot blue…
The constellations Argo Navis and Robur Caroli as shown by Johannes Hevelius