8 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:01 | Tran: 1:25 | Set: 9:44

Alt: 60.52° Az: 148.50° Direction: South-South-East

8 Vulpeculae is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

8 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 30m 00s

Declination +24° 49’ 21”

Hour Angle 22h 54m 09s

Sidereal Time 18h 24m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 28m 57s

Declination +24° 46’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 59.11°

Galactic Latitude 3.4°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.81

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.05

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Vulpeculae is distant 483.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 148.37

Distance (light year) 483.68

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Vulpeculae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD183491

SAO Catalogue SAO87267

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP95785

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3761

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.2° RISE 17:01

Max altitude: 63.3° TRANSIT 1:25

Azimuth: 294.8° SET 9:44

Set Location

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