32 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:01 | Tran: 5:51 | Set: 14:37

Alt: 57.87° Az: 125.16° Direction: South-East

32 Vulpeculae is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

32 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, 32 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 32 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 32 Vulpeculae during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 55m 38s

Declination +28° 09’ 19”

Hour Angle 22h 01m 49s

Sidereal Time 18h 57m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 54m 33s

Declination +28° 03’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 72.41°

Galactic Latitude -10.8°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.01

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.77

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.48

Temperature 3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 32 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 32 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

32 Vulpeculae is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 226.76

Distance (light year) 739.23

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 32 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD199169

SAO Catalogue SAO89272

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103200

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 3911

FK5 Catalogue 786

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 13398

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 32 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.8° RISE 21:01

Max altitude: 66.7° TRANSIT 5:51

Azimuth: 298.2° SET 14:37

Set Location

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