Star profile
10 Vulpecula
What is 10 Vulpecula
10 Vulpeculae inhabits the modest Fox of the northern summer, some 332 light-years away. It is a yellow G-type star, a cousin of the Sun but further along its evolutionary path, with an atmosphere that has already begun to swell. Its light departed around 1690, in the full midst of the Scientific Revolution, while Newton and Flamsteed were exchanging letters —not always cordial— about the data of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
10 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 64° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.
It ranks no. 24 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 330 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 10 Vulpecula
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- 331.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 295.929° · Dec 25.772°
- Catalogue
- HIP 97077 · HD 186486
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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
- 35 Vulpecula5.39
- 2 Vulpecula5.46
- 25 Vulpecula5.50
- 18 Vulpecula5.51
- 19 Vulpecula5.51