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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Southern constellations, Vela (constellation), Asterisms (astronomy), Constellations listed by Lacaille, Constellations
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Vela  Constellation Vela  False Cross  Vel  Vela constellation
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A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis WordNet 3.0
English:
constellation
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A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis WordNet 3.0
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis Open English WordNet
Vela is a constellation in the southern sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster. Wikipedia
A constellation in the southern sky Wikipedia Disambiguation
A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. Wiktionary
Constellation. Wiktionary (translation)
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Because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
constellation
PART OF
Argo
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Heavenly Waters
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
NAMED AFTER
sail
Argo
SHARES BORDER WITH
Antlia
Carina
Centaurus
Puppis
Pyxis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Vela
Wikipedia
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Vela (constellation)
Wikidata
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Vela
Wiktionary
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Vela
Wikipedia Redirections
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Constellation Vela, False Cross, Vela constellation, Velorum
Wikidata Alias
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Vel, Velorum

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