24 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:50 | Tran: 5:13 | Set: 13:32

Alt: -9.61° Az: 26.55° Direction: North-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 20h 17m 52s

Declination +24° 45’ 03”

Hour Angle 13h 56m 07s

Sidereal Time 10h 13m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 16m 47s

Declination +24° 40’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 64.61°

Galactic Latitude -5.97°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.32

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.48

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 4866K

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

Distance (parsec) 144.72

Distance (light year) 471.78

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD192944

SAO Catalogue SAO88451

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99951

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 4075

FK5 Catalogue 760

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: 65.2° RISE 20:50

Max altitude: 63.3° TRANSIT 5:13

Azimuth: 294.8° SET 13:32

Set Location

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