Star · Orange-red · Vela

Suhail

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Not above the horizon after darkNever rises from London

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Where is Suhail?

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Below the horizon from London all the time in Vela.

Suhail never rises from London: it is too far south in the sky for this latitude.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Suhail looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K4Ib: orange supergiant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Suhail is a star in Vela, shining at magnitude 2.2. Its spectral type, K4Ib, marks it as: orange supergiant (cooler than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences