- Stars with a name
- Suhail
Suhail
λ Velorum
Suhail is an orange supergiant, in the constellation Vela. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1482.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it only ever stays low over the southern horizon.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.23.
What it’s like
It gives off 3,113 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 3,600 degrees.
It is 544.5 light years away: 5151 trillion kilometres.