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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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27 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:24 | Tran: 6:01 | Set: 14:34
Alt: -6.46°   Az: 329.84°   Direction: North-North-West

27 Vulpeculae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

27 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 27 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 38m 09s
+26° 33’ 05”
09h 44m 18s
06h 22m 28s

J2000

20h 37m 04s
+26° 27’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

68.73°
-8.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 27 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Main-sequence

0.73
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Vulpeculae is distant 305.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

93.63
305.24
-22 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

27 Vulpeculae
SAO88903
SAO88903

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.4°
Max altitude: 65.1°
Azimuth: 296.6°