23 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:14 | Tran: 2:39 | Set: 9:07

Alt: -45.63° Az: 24.84° Direction: South

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 49s

Declination +27° 53’ 36”

Hour Angle 13h 17m 39s

Sidereal Time 09h 34m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 15m 46s

Declination +27° 48’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 67.11°

Galactic Latitude -4.04°

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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 Mysore, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 62.1° RISE 20:14

Max altitude: 74.4° TRANSIT 2:39

Azimuth: 297.9° SET 9:07

Name:	Mysore, India
Latitude:	12° 17' 52.4" N
Longitude:	76° 38' 21.5" E
Timezone:	Asia/Kolkata

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