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Sunset: 20:44
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2 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:35 | Tran: 4:46 | Set: 12:53
Alt: 4.17°   Az: 57.36°   Direction: East-North-East

2 Vulpeculae is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

2 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, 2 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 2 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 2 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Vulpeculae during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 18m 48s
+23° 04’ 22”
16h 23m 36s
11h 42m 24s

J2000

19h 17m 43s
+23° 01’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

56.36°
4.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Hypergiant

-3.42
B0IV
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

2 Vulpeculae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 2 Vulpeculae double sysyem:

5.43
10.13
4.7
1.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Vulpeculae is distant 1,917.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

588.24
1,917.65
1 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

2 Vulpeculae
SAO87036
SAO87036

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.9°
Max altitude: 61.6°
Azimuth: 293.1°