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Vela

Vela (the sails) is a southern constellation, one of the three parts into which Argo Navis was split.

It contains the stars Delta Velorum and Kappa Velorum which together with Iota Carinae and Epsilon Carinae form the asterism known as the "false cross", which is sometimes mistaken for the Southern Cross.



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