28 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:12 | Tran: 5:31 | Set: 13:46

Alt: -13.11° Az: 345.61° Direction: North-North-West

28 Vulpeculae is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

28 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 39m 38s

Declination +24° 12’ 23”

Hour Angle 10h 58m 27s

Sidereal Time 07h 38m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 38m 31s

Declination +24° 06’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 67°

Galactic Latitude -10.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 28 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.04

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.86

Spectral Type B5IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Vulpeculae is distant 493.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 151.29

Distance (light year) 493.19

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD196740

SAO Catalogue SAO88945

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101868

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 4084

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.8° RISE 21:12

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 5:31

Azimuth: 294.2° SET 13:46

Set Location

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