5 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:28 | Tran: 4:19 | Set: 12:06

Alt: 5.17° Az: 63.78° Direction: East-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 19h 27m 19s

Declination +20° 09’ 00”

Hour Angle 16h 48m 29s

Sidereal Time 12h 15m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 26m 13s

Declination +20° 05’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 54.69°

Galactic Latitude 1.74°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.63

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.50

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

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

Distance (parsec) 66.93

Distance (light year) 218.21

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD182919

SAO Catalogue SAO104831

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP95560

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 4015

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.8° RISE 20:28

Max altitude: 58.7° TRANSIT 4:19

Azimuth: 290.2° SET 12:06

Set Location

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