29 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:08 | Tran: 2:22 | Set: 8:36

Alt: 56.26° Az: 293.16° Direction: South

29 Vulpeculae is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

29 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, 29 Vulpeculae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 29 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 39m 39s

Declination +21° 17’ 30”

Hour Angle 02h 12m 56s

Sidereal Time 22h 52m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 38m 31s

Declination +21° 12’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 64.59°

Galactic Latitude -12.05°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.82

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Vulpeculae is distant 213.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 65.49

Distance (light year) 213.49

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.071 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD196724

SAO Catalogue SAO88944

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101867

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 4658

FK5 Catalogue 1539

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Santa Cruz, Costa Rica are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Costa_Rica):

Azimuth: 68.7° RISE 20:08

Max altitude: 79.0° TRANSIT 2:22

Azimuth: 291.3° SET 8:36

Name:	Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Latitude:	10° 15' 37.8" N
Longitude:	85° 35' 6.4" W
Timezone:	America/Costa_Rica

Set Location

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