Star
Suhail
Orange star · K4Ib-II
λ Velorum · Vela
Shown in its true colour — like most stars, it is too far away to photograph as more than a point of light.
Lambda Velorum, officially named Suhail, is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky. The distance to this star can be measured directly using the parallax technique, yielding an estimated 545 light-years from the Sun.
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Key facts
Distance
~544 light-years
Apparent mag.
+2.23
Spectral type
K4Ib-II
Luminosity
3,113 × Sun
Absolute mag.
−3.88
Catalogue
HIP 44816
Spectral type
K4Ib-II
True colour from its B–V index (1.67): a surface around 3600 K.
Did you know
- Suhail is also known as λ Velorum.
- Its spectral type K4Ib-II marks it as a orange star.
- It lies in the constellation Vela.
