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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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9 Vulpeculae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:06 | Tran: 4:55 | Set: 12:40
Alt: 47.24°   Az: 236.20°   Direction: South-West

9 Vulpeculae is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

9 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, 9 Vulpeculae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 9 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 9 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Vulpeculae during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 35m 41s
+19° 49’ 49”
02h 27m 23s
22h 03m 05s

J2000

19h 34m 34s
+19° 46’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

55.35°
-0.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 9 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Giant

-1.35
B8III
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

9 Vulpeculae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 9 Vulpeculae double sysyem:

5
12.8
7.8
108.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Vulpeculae is distant 608.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

186.57
608.21
5 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Vulpeculae
SAO104990
SAO104990

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.2°
Max altitude: 58.4°
Azimuth: 289.8°