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Omicron Velorum

Proper NameNone
Bayer DesignationOmicron Velorum
Flamsteed NumberNone
HR (BSC)3447
HD74195
ConstellationVela
Right Ascension8h 40m 18s
Declination-52° 55' 19"
Distance461 light years
141 parsecs
MagnitudeApparent: +3.59
Absolute: -2.16
Spectral ClassB3IV blue subgiant
Optimum VisibilityFebruary (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
08 40 17.590 -52 55 18.80
FoV: 1.1°
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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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