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13 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:24 | Tran: 10:39 | Set: 18:53
Alt: 62.52°   Az: 172.76°   Direction: South

13 Vulpeculae is a double giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

13 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.58. Because of its moderate brightness, 13 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 13 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 13 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 54m 31s
+24° 08’ 47”
23h 45m 23s
19h 39m 54s

J2000

19h 53m 27s
+24° 04’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

61.27°
-1.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.58
Giant

-0.63
B9III
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

13 Vulpeculae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 13 Vulpeculae double sysyem:

4.58
7.78
3.2
1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Vulpeculae is distant 359.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

110.13
359.03
-28 km/s
0.027 arcsec/y
0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

13 Vulpeculae
SAO87883
SAO87883

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.9°
Max altitude: 62.7°
Azimuth: 294.1°