30 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:39 | Tran: 20:02 | Set: 4:30

Alt: 25.94° Az: 278.84° Direction: West

30 Vulpeculae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

30 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 30 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 30 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Vulpeculae during the next 1000 years (-0.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.03 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 45m 56s

Declination +25° 21’ 42”

Hour Angle 05h 18m 05s

Sidereal Time 02h 04m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 44m 52s

Declination +25° 16’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 68.82°

Galactic Latitude -10.81°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 30 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.91

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.33

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

30 Vulpeculae is distant 364.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.86

Distance (light year) 364.65

Radial Speed 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.182"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 30 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD197752

SAO Catalogue SAO89084

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP102388

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 4229

FK5 Catalogue 3657

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 30 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.6° RISE 11:39

Max altitude: 63.9° TRANSIT 20:02

Azimuth: 295.4° SET 4:30

Set Location

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