23 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:33 | Tran: 20:16 | Set: 5:04

Alt: 10.52° Az: 302.05° Direction: West-North-West

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

23 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.52. Because of its moderate brightness, 23 Vulpeculae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 23 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 16m 47s

Declination +27° 53’ 29”

Hour Angle 07h 17m 49s

Sideral Time 03h 34m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 15m 46s

Declination +27° 48’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 67.11°

Galactic Latitude -4.04°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 23 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.52

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.49

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.26

Temperature 4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Vulpeculae is distant 327.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 100.60

Distance (light year) 327.97

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 23 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD192806

SAO Catalogue SAO88428

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99874

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 3666

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 23 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.1° RISE 11:33

Max altitude: 66.4° TRANSIT 20:16

Azimuth: 297.9° SET 5:04

Set Location

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