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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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Anser - α Vulpeculae (alpha Vulpeculae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:07 | Tran: 4:29 | Set: 12:48
Alt: 4.09°   Az: 54.31°   Direction: North-East

Anser, also designated as α Vulpeculae (alpha Vulpeculae), is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

Anser visual magnitude is 4.44. Because of its moderate brightness, Anser 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 Anser - α Vulpeculae (alpha Vulpeculae) star
DSS2 image of Anser. The red arrow shows the motion of Anser during the next 1000 years (-2.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 29m 45s
+24° 43’ 07”
16h 12m 26s
11h 42m 11s

J2000

19h 28m 42s
+24° 39’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

58.99°
3.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Anser - α Vulpeculae (alpha Vulpeculae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.44
Hypergiant

-0.35
M0III
3794K

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

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

Star System Properties

Anser is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Anser double sysyem:

4.44
5.84
1.4
413.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Anser is distant 296.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 86 kilometers per second.

90.91
296.36
-86 km/s
-0.125 arcsec/y
-0.106"/y

Alternative Designations

Anser
α Vulpeculae
(alpha Vulpeculae)
6 Vulpeculae
SAO87261
SAO87261

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 65.3°
Max altitude: 63.2°
Azimuth: 294.7°