Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mu Velorum is a binary star in the constellation Vela. It is approximately 116 light years from Earth. Mu Velorum is approximately 38 solar diameters, almost as big as Aldebaran. The primary component, Mu Velorum A, is a yellow G-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +2.69. The companion is a yellow G-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +6.6. The two stars are 0.7 arcseconds apart and complete one orbit every 116.24 years.