- 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 is at about 12,300 degrees.
It is 572.2 light years away: 5413 trillion kilometres.