Star profile
1 Vulpecula
Hot blue starWhat is 1 Vulpecula
1 Vulpeculae is the first catalogued entry of the little Fox, a blue type-B star located about 811 light-years away. It dwells in a quiet stretch of sky between Cygnus and Sagitta, far from the more famous constellations. The light now resting in human pupils set out before the first Gothic cathedral rose from the ground.
Where it is and when to see it
1 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 July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 60° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 69° S.
It ranks no. 6 in brightness among the 44 stars of Vulpecula in our catalogue. To find it, start from Anser, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 810 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 1 Vulpecula
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.76
- Distance
- 811.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 289.054° · Dec 21.390°
- Catalogue
- HIP 94703 · HD 180554
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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
- 13 Vulpecula4.57
- 15 Vulpecula4.66
- HIP 998244.79
- 29 Vulpecula4.81
- 12 Vulpecula4.90