α-Vul (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , α-Vul is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 63° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:29, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:14, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
α-Vul
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h28m42s [4] |
| Declination: | +24°39'51" [4] |
| Constellation: | Vulpecula |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.45 (V) [2] 6.38 (BT) [2] 4.61 (VT) [2] 3.74 (G) [4] 4.70 (BP) [4] 2.82 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 89.1 parsec 290.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 165.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 229.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.30 |
Sources