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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 13:05 
Sunset: 21:14
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8 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:57 | Tran: 1:21 | Set: 9:40
Alt: 18.71°   Az: 73.37°   Direction: East-North-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.

Image of 8 Vulpeculae star
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

19h 30m 00s
+24° 49’ 21”
17h 56m 54s
13h 26m 54s

J2000

19h 28m 57s
+24° 46’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

59.11°
3.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 8 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Hypergiant

-0.05
K0III
4672K

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

HR 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.

148.37
483.68
-27 km/s
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

8 Vulpeculae
SAO87267
SAO87267

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°
Max altitude: 63.3°
Azimuth: 294.8°