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22 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:13 | Tran: 5:28 | Set: 13:38
Alt: 54.83°   Az: 131.87°   Direction: South-East

22 Vulpeculae is a variable supergiant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

22 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, 22 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 22 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 22 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 16m 35s
+23° 35’ 15”
22h 08m 23s
18h 24m 59s

J2000

20h 15m 30s
+23° 30’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

63.47°
-6.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 22 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Supergiant

-5.47
G3I
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Vulpeculae is distant 4,346.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

1,333.33
4,346.67
-23 km/s
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

22 Vulpeculae
SAO88416
SAO88416

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.4°
Max altitude: 62.1°
Azimuth: 293.6°