"Suhail"
is an adjective in the Arabic language which means "Glorious," and it
was traditionally applied to several stars --- Suhail al-Mulhif (Gamma
Velorum), Suhail Hadar (Zeta Puppis), Suhail Ahmad (Canopus) and Suhail
al-Wazn. When astronomers standardized the names of stars Suhail al-Wazn
became known as Suhail, and the other usages of Suhail were dropped.
Suhail is also known as Lambda Velorum of the constellation Vela The Sails. It is star number 23 in the Nautical Almanac. It is a pale orange star with a temperature of about 6700 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature gives it the visual light of a typical LED device. It is a Second Magnitude star some 545 light years from Earth.
Scientists believe Suhail is in the process of leaving its Main Sequence. It is a variable star, and spectral analysis indicates that it is burning more helium than hydrogen.
Stars age from fusing hydrogen (their Main Sequence) into helium and then helium into carbon and oxygen, and then into heavier metals, ultimately burning iron, and consequently evolve from their initial color to red before either burning out into white dwarfs or exploding into supernovae, depending on their mass. Suhail is massive, about 7-8 times as dense as the Sun, and it is 210 times the radius of the Sun. It is also eight thousand times as bright. It is only 250 million years old.
Suhail is also known as Lambda Velorum of the constellation Vela The Sails. It is star number 23 in the Nautical Almanac. It is a pale orange star with a temperature of about 6700 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature gives it the visual light of a typical LED device. It is a Second Magnitude star some 545 light years from Earth.
Scientists believe Suhail is in the process of leaving its Main Sequence. It is a variable star, and spectral analysis indicates that it is burning more helium than hydrogen.
Stars age from fusing hydrogen (their Main Sequence) into helium and then helium into carbon and oxygen, and then into heavier metals, ultimately burning iron, and consequently evolve from their initial color to red before either burning out into white dwarfs or exploding into supernovae, depending on their mass. Suhail is massive, about 7-8 times as dense as the Sun, and it is 210 times the radius of the Sun. It is also eight thousand times as bright. It is only 250 million years old.
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