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26 Vulpeculae

Altitude: 18.9°   Azimuth: 71.9°   Direction: East-North-East

26 Vulpeculae is a giant star in the constellation of Vulpecula.

26 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, 26 Vulpeculae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 26 Vulpeculae:

6.41
Giant

26 Vulpeculae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 18.9°
Azimuth: 71.9°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 26 Vulpeculae

26 Vulpeculae is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 26 Vulpeculae are provided in the following table:

20h 36m 08s
+25° 52’ 57”
68.13°
-8.87°
Vulpecula

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 26 Vulpeculae in the sky:

Finder chart 26 Vulpeculae star
Simplified finder chart for 26 Vulpeculae.

Visibility of 26 Vulpeculae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 26 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.1°
Max altitude: 64.4°
Azimuth: 295.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 26 Vulpeculae

The image below is a photograph of 26 Vulpeculae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 26 Vulpeculae is 0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 26 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 26 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 26 Vulpeculae from the Sun and relative movement

26 Vulpeculae is distant 701.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

215.05 pc
701.08 ly
-19 km/s
0.019 arcsec/year
0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 26 Vulpeculae

26 Vulpeculae belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.25
A5III
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 26 Vulpeculae

26 Vulpeculae
SAO88884
SAO88884