Official IAU constellation
Vela
Sails
IAU abbreviation: Vel
Visibility
Southern sky
Best placed
January, February, March
Difficulty
medium
Pattern
11 stars, 11 lines
About
Vela is one of the 88 IAU-recognized constellations, reconstructed here from 11 stars using the ConstellationLines (Marc van der Sluys) stick-figure convention.
- Vela is one of the 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- This pattern connects 11 stars with 11 lines in this game's stick-figure convention.
- Its brightest named star in this pattern is Alsephina (apparent magnitude 1.93).
Important Stars
AlsephinaMarkebSuhail