16 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:16 | Tran: 21:37 | Set: 6:02

Alt: 29.24° Az: 85.72° Direction: East

16 Vulpeculae is a double giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

16 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, 16 Vulpeculae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 16 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (14.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 03m 04s

Declination +25° 00’ 29”

Hour Angle 19h 04m 54s

Sideral Time 15h 07m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 02m 01s

Declination +24° 56’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 63.02°

Galactic Latitude -3°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 16 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.22

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.16

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.36

Temperature 7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 Vulpeculae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 16 Vulpeculae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.22

Secondary star magnitude 5.52

Magnitude difference 0.3

Separation 0.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Vulpeculae is distant 211.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.81

Distance (light year) 211.28

Radial Speed -37 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.088 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD190004

SAO Catalogue SAO88098

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98636

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3977

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS13277

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.0° RISE 13:16

Max altitude: 63.5° TRANSIT 21:37

Azimuth: 295.0° SET 6:02

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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