Suhail

Suhail is the third-brightest star of Vela. Its apparent magnitude is about 2.21. Look for it while tracing Vela on a dark night. The IAU proper name sits beside older Bayer and catalog labels on modern atlases.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 44816
Distance
166.94 pc · 544.5 ly
Parallax
5.99 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
2.34
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
137.00° · -43.43°