- Stars with a name
- Markeb
Markeb
κ Velorum
Markeb is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Vela. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1454.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.47.
What it’s like
It gives off 2,757 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 12,000 degrees Celsius.
It is 572.2 light years away: 5413 trillion kilometres.