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.

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

Right Ascension 20h 38m 09s

Declination +26° 33’ 05”

Hour Angle 09h 44m 18s

Sidereal Time 06h 22m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 37m 04s

Declination +26° 27’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 68.73°

Galactic Latitude -8.7°

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Finder chart for 27 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.59

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

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

Distance (parsec) 93.63

Distance (light year) 305.24

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD196504

SAO Catalogue SAO88903

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101716

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 4302

FK5 Catalogue 3649

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° RISE 21:24

Max altitude: 65.1° TRANSIT 6:01

Azimuth: 296.6° SET 14:34

Set Location

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