The star 23-Vul
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), 23-Vul is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 20:03 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 72° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:05, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:58, when it sinks to 19° above your western horizon.
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Name
23-Vul
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Vulpecula |
| Brightness (V): | Mag 4.5 |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.26 |
| Right Ascension: | 20h15m46s |
| Declination: | +27°48'51" |
| Distance: | 72.5 parsec 236.2 lightyears |
| Proper motion (speed): | 34.3 mas/yr |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 276.5° |
Source for position: The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)
Source for distance: The Tycho Catalogue (ESA 1997)
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 0.22 |