Star profile
33 Vulpecula
What is 33 Vulpecula
33 Vulpeculae is an orange K-type giant 452 light-years away in the small constellation of the Little Fox, opened by Hevelius between Cygnus and Sagitta. Its light set out in the 16th century, long before the very constellation that frames it had been drawn. It belongs to the category of mature suns, cool and luminous, that tint the deep sky with amber.
Where it is and when to see it
33 Vulpecula lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 33 Vulpecula
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.30
- Distance
- 452.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 314.568° · Dec 22.326°
- Catalogue
- HIP 103511 · HD 199697
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- 21 Vulpecula5.19
- 3 Vulpecula5.22
- 16 Vulpecula5.23
- 24 Vulpecula5.30
- 35 Vulpecula5.39