Winter · Argo Navis

Vela

The sails of the ancient ship Argo Navis, carrying Jason and the Argonauts. Vela contains the Vela Pulsar — a rapidly spinning neutron star remnant of a supernova — and lies in one of the richest regions of the southern Milky Way.

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