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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 21:18
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23 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:46 | Tran: 3:34 | Set: 12:18
Alt: -8.86°   Az: 342.94°   Direction: North-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.

Image of 23 Vulpeculae star
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

20h 16m 49s
+27° 53’ 36”
10h 43m 26s
07h 00m 15s

J2000

20h 15m 46s
+27° 48’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

67.11°
-4.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 23 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.52
Giant

-0.49
K3III
4194K

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

HR 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.

100.60
327.97
3 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

23 Vulpeculae
SAO88428
SAO88428

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°
Max altitude: 66.4°
Azimuth: 297.9°