13 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:59 | Tran: 2:13 | Set: 10:23

Alt: 23.03° Az: 79.49° Direction: East

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.

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

Right Ascension 19h 54m 32s

Declination +24° 08’ 50”

Hour Angle 18h 29m 44s

Sidereal Time 14h 24m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 53m 27s

Declination +24° 04’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 61.27°

Galactic Latitude -1.79°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.58

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.63

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

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

Main star magnitude 4.58

Secondary star magnitude 7.78

Magnitude difference 3.2

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 110.13

Distance (light year) 359.03

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188260

SAO Catalogue SAO87883

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97886

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 3820

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 65.9° RISE 17:59

Max altitude: 63.5° TRANSIT 2:13

Azimuth: 294.1° SET 10:23

Name:	Langenwetzendorf, Alemania
Latitude:	50° 40' 59.9" N
Longitude:	12° 7' 0.1" E
Timezone:	Europe/Berlin

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