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24 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:47 | Tran: 15:06 | Set: 23:25
Alt: -13.77°   Az: 0.04°   Direction: North

24 Vulpeculae is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

24 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 24 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 17m 51s
+24° 44’ 57”
12h 00m 09s
08h 18m 00s

J2000

20h 16m 47s
+24° 40’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

64.61°
-5.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 24 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.32
Giant

-0.48
G8III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Vulpeculae is distant 471.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

144.72
471.78
15 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

24 Vulpeculae
SAO88451
SAO88451

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.3°
Max altitude: 63.3°
Azimuth: 294.7°