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public  Lumeje, Angola Lumeje, Angola  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Luanda
Sunrise: 5:58 
Transit: 11:42 
Sunset: 17:26
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5 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:58 | Tran: 23:39 | Set: 5:24
Alt: 10.92°   Az: 293.42°   Direction: West-North-West

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

5 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 5 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.

Image of 5 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 5 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 27m 20s
+20° 09’ 01”
04h 54m 43s
00h 22m 03s

J2000

19h 26m 13s
+20° 05’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

54.69°
1.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Hypergiant

1.50
A0V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Vulpeculae is distant 218.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

66.93
218.21
-21 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

5 Vulpeculae
SAO104831
SAO104831

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Lumeje, Angola are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Luanda):

Azimuth: 69.8°
Max altitude: 58.3°
Azimuth: 290.2°