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Sunset: 20:50
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16 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:50 | Tran: 5:14 | Set: 13:35
Alt: 48.48°   Az: 113.26°   Direction: East-South-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.

Image of 16 Vulpeculae star
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

20h 03m 05s
+25° 00’ 36”
21h 11m 06s
17h 14m 12s

J2000

20h 02m 01s
+24° 56’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

63.02°
-3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Giant

1.16
F2III
7101K

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

HR 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:

5.22
5.52
0.3
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.

64.81
211.28
-37 km/s
0.088 arcsec/y
0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

16 Vulpeculae
SAO88098
SAO88098

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°
Max altitude: 63.5°
Azimuth: 295.0°