19 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:40 | Tran: 21:15 | Set: 5:55

Alt: 42.19° Az: 260.87° Direction: West

19 Vulpeculae is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

19 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 12m 50s

Declination +26° 53’ 02”

Hour Angle 03h 40m 25s

Sideral Time 23h 53m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 11m 48s

Declination +26° 48’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 65.78°

Galactic Latitude -3.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 19 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -2.98

Spectral Type K3II

Color Index (B-V) 1.41

Temperature 3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Vulpeculae is distant 1,613.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 495.05

Distance (light year) 1,613.86

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD192004

SAO Catalogue SAO88330

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99518

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 3825

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.1° RISE 12:40

Max altitude: 65.4° TRANSIT 21:15

Azimuth: 296.9° SET 5:55

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

Location

Other stars in Vulpecula