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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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12 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:36 | Tran: 4:44 | Set: 12:48
Alt: -15.51°   Az: 7.62°   Direction: North

12 Vulpeculae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

12 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, 12 Vulpeculae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 12 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 12 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 52m 09s
+22° 40’ 34”
12h 31m 50s
08h 24m 00s

J2000

19h 51m 04s
+22° 36’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

59.72°
-2.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 12 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Main-sequence

-1.44
B2V
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Vulpeculae is distant 618.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

189.75
618.60
-31 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

12 Vulpeculae
SAO87813
SAO87813

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.3°
Max altitude: 61.2°
Azimuth: 292.7°