Vela (ìgwè kpakpando)

Vela bụ ọrịa dị na mbara igwe ndịda, nke nwere Vela Supercluster .  Aha ya bụ Latin maka ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ mmiri, ọ bụkwa ihe nke nnukwu m, ụgbọ mmiri Argo Navis, bụ nke e ezi kewaa ụzọ atọ, ndị ọzọ Carina na Puppis .  N'ihe dị ka 1.8, ndị na-esopụ ppụpụ bụ ndị na-acha ọkụ na-ekpo ọkụ Gamma Velorum, otu ihe nke ya bụ Wolf-Rayet na mbara igwe.  Delta na Kappa Velorum, ya na Epsilon na Iota Carinae, na-etolite asterism a mara dị ka Cross-egosi.  1.95-magnitude Delta bụ n'ezie usoro usoro atọ ma ọ bụ quintuple.

. Argo Navis bụ otu n'ime ụzọ 48 oge gboo nke onye na-egosi mbara igwe nke mbụ afụ nke abụọ Ptolemy depụtara, ma nọchite anya ụgbọ mmiri Argo, nke Jason na Argonauts ji mee ihe n'ọchịchọ ha na-achọ Ahịhịa Ọlaedo na  oge ifo Gris .  Onye na-ese foto German bụ Johann Bayer mịji na Uranometria ya nke 1603, ma nye akwụkwọ Bayer aha site na Alfa ruo Omega.  Otú ọ dị, chaatị ya ụkpụrụ ezi n'ihi na a naghị ahụ ike ahụ anya site na Northern Hemisphere

. Onye France na-ekiri mbara igwe bụ Nicolas Louis de Lacaille debere Argo nke ọma ma kewaa ya na 1752, na-akpụ Carina ( keel ), Vela (ịkpọ mmiri), na Puppis ( ebe a na-adzọba ọkwọ ).  N'agbanyeghị nkewa ahụ, Lacaille debere aha Argo's Bayer .  Ya mere.

Vela dị n'ụdị Antlia na Pyxis n'ebe ugwu, Puppis n'ebe ugwu egwuregwu, Carina na ndịda na ndị na-afọ-unu, na Centaurus n'akpọrọ egwuregwu.  Na-ekpuchi ogo 500 square, ọ nọ n'ọkwa 32nd n'ime m eji 88 ọgbara ọhụrụ n'ogo.  Mbiri nke ụzọ atọ maka mmị, dị ka International Astronomical Union nakweere na 1922, bụ "Vel".