- 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 temperature is about 3,300 degrees Celsius.
It is 544.5 light years away: 5151 trillion kilometres.