{{Short description|Star in the constellation Vela}} {{about|Q Velorum|q Velorum|HD 88955}} {{Starbox begin}} {{Starbox image | image= {{Location mark |image=Vela constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280 |label=|position=right |mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=HD 88206 |x=358|y=556 }} |caption=Location of HD 88206 (circled) }} {{Starbox observe | epoch = J2000.0 | constell = Vela<ref name=Anderson2012/> | ra = {{RA|10|08|56.2396}}<ref name="Gaia DR3"/> | dec = {{DEC|−51|48|40.542}}<ref name="Gaia DR3"/> | appmag_v = 4.85<ref name=Anderson2012/> }} {{Starbox character | type = | class = B3III/IV<ref name=houk1978/> | b-v = {{Val|−0.120|0.004}}<ref name=Anderson2012/> | variable = }} {{Starbox astrometry | radial_v = {{Val|+14.0|4.2}}<ref name=Anderson2012/> | prop_mo_ra = {{Val|−15.556|0.103}}<ref name="Gaia DR3"/> | prop_mo_dec = {{Val|+0.667|0.102}}<ref name="Gaia DR3"/> | parallax = 2.0767 | p_error = 0.1021 | parallax_footnote = <ref name="Gaia DR3"/> | absmag_v = −3.19<ref name=Anderson2012/> }} {{Starbox detail | mass = {{Val|9.1|0.2}}<ref name=Tetzlaff2011/> | radius = 4.5<ref name=Fracassini2001/> | luminosity_bolometric = 9,580<ref name=Hohle2010/> | gravity = | temperature = 17,900<ref name=Hohle2010/> | metal_fe = | rotation = | rotational_velocity = | age_myr = {{Val|23.8|2.3}}<ref name=Tetzlaff2011/> }} {{Starbox catalog | names = {{odlist | B=Q Velorum | Gould=186 G. Vel | CD=−51°4507 | HD=88206 | HIP=49712 | HR=3990 | SAO=237736 }}<ref name="Simbad"/> }} {{Starbox reference | Simbad = Q+Vel }} {{Starbox end}}

'''HD 88206''' is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. ''HD 88206'' is its designation in the Henry Draper catalogue and it also has the Gould designation '''186 G. Velorum''' and the Bayer designation '''Q Velorum'''. The star has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.85.<ref name=Anderson2012/>

Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of approximately 1,570&nbsp;light years from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +14&nbsp;km/s.<ref name=Anderson2012/> Although a young star and positioned in the general vicinity of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, it is most likely not a member.<ref name=Gutierrez-Moreno1968/>

This massive star has a stellar classification of B3III/IV,<ref name=houk1978/> which suggests it is entering the giant stage of its evolution. It is 24<ref name=Tetzlaff2011/>&nbsp;million years old with 9<ref name=Tetzlaff2011/> times the mass of the Sun and about 4.5<ref name=Fracassini2001/> times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 9,580<ref name=Hohle2010/> times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 17,900&nbsp;K.<ref name=Hohle2010/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Gaia DR3">{{Cite Gaia DR3|5356991663260068480}}</ref>

<ref name="Simbad">{{cite simbad | title=Q Vel | access-date=2019-09-27 }}</ref>

<ref name=Anderson2012>{{cite XHIP|49712}}</ref>

<ref name=houk1978>{{citation | last1=Houk | first1=Nancy | title=Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars | volume=2 | publication-place=Ann Arbor | publisher=Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan | year=1978 | bibcode=1978mcts.book.....H }}</ref>

<ref name=Tetzlaff2011>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Tetzlaff | first1=N. | last2=Neuhäuser | first2=R. | last3=Hohle | first3=M. M. | title=A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=410 | issue=1 | pages=190–200 |date=January 2011 | bibcode=2011MNRAS.410..190T | arxiv=1007.4883 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x | doi-access=free | s2cid=118629873 }}</ref>

<ref name=Hohle2010>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Hohle | first1=M. M. | last2=Neuhäuser | first2=R. | last3=Schutz | first3=B. F. | title=Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants | journal=Astronomische Nachrichten | volume=331 | issue=4 | page=349 | date=April 2010 | bibcode=2010AN....331..349H | arxiv=1003.2335 | doi=10.1002/asna.200911355 | s2cid=111387483 }}</ref>

<ref name=Fracassini2001>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Pasinetti Fracassini | first1=L. E. | last2=Pastori | first2=L. | last3=Covino | first3=S. | last4=Pozzi | first4=A. | title=Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) | edition=Third | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=367 | issue=2 | pages=521–524 | date=February 2001 | bibcode=2001A&A...367..521P | arxiv=astro-ph/0012289 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 | s2cid=425754 }}</ref>

<ref name=Gutierrez-Moreno1968>{{citation | title=A Photometric Investigation of the Scorpio-Centaurus Association | last1=Gutierrez-Moreno | first1=Adelina | last2=Moreno | first2=Hugo | journal=Astrophysical Journal Supplement | volume=15 | page=459 | date=June 1968 | doi=10.1086/190168 | bibcode=1968ApJS...15..459G | doi-access=free }}</ref>

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{{Stars of Vela}}

Category:B-type subgiants Category:Vela (constellation) Velorum, Q Category:Durchmusterung objects 088206 049712 3990