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26 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:07 | Tran: 17:35 | Set: 2:07
Alt: 33.02°   Az: 271.27°   Direction: West

26 Vulpeculae is a giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

26 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, 26 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 37m 12s
+25° 58’ 11”
04h 35m 17s
01h 12m 29s

J2000

20h 36m 08s
+25° 52’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

68.13°
-8.87°

Finder Chart

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

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Giant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
701.08
-19 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

26 Vulpeculae
SAO88884
SAO88884

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.0°
Max altitude: 64.5°
Azimuth: 296.0°