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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Omicron Velorum
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	3447
HD	74195
Constellation	Vela
Right Ascension	8h 40m 18s
Declination	-52° 55' 19"
Distance	461 light years 141 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.59 Absolute: -2.16
Spectral Class	B3IV blue subgiant
Optimum Visibility	February (Usually visible from southern latitudes)

Omicron Velorum is the brightest of more than a thousand young stars that together make up the open cluster C85 or Collinder 191, commonly known as the Omicron Velorum Cluster after this fourth-magnitude star. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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