Constellation Vulpecula (Fox)

Vulpecula
Vulpecula: IAU Constellation Map [150]

Properties

Vulpecula is an inconspicuous constellation on the head of the Cygnus from a few stars of almost 4th magnitude that do not have a distinctive shape. It is south of Cygnus and north of Sagitta and Delphinus. The area of the constellation is 268 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on 26 July. [9, 15]

Stars with Proper Names:

  • α Vul: Anser
Data for constellation Vulpecula [150]
IAU NameVulpecula
IAU GenitiveVulpeculae
IAU Abbr.Vul
English NameFox
Season (47° N)March … December
Right Ascension18h 57m 07s … 21h 30m 39s
Declination+19° 23' 54" … +29° 29' 14"
Area268 deg2
Neighbours (N↻)Cyg, Lyr, Her, Sge, Del, Peg

Deep-Sky Object Descriptions

Constellations Anser, Vulpecula and Sagitta
Constellations Anser, Vulpecula and Sagitta: Illustration from «Prodromus Astronomiae» by Johannes Hevelius, 1690. Mirrored view from «outside of the celestial sphere» [19]

History

The Gdansk astronomer Johannes Hevelius had introduced this constellation in 1690 as Vulpecula Cum Anser (little fox and goose), but in the meantime the goose seems to have escaped from the fox. [7]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) [154]
HR B F DM HD SAO FK5 IR M* ADS VarID RA Dec vMag spType dMag Sep ["] Remarks
HR 7183BD+22 354917654186675I 18 59 58.1+22 48 536.29 M3.5IIIab
HR 7206BD+24 360817693986714 19 01 34.9+25 01 336.72 R K2
HR 7207BD+22 356117697186716 19 01 49.5+22 15 506.40 R A4V
HR 7222BD+21 364817739286753 LT Vul19 03 42.5+21 16 046.52 F2III VAR:Delta Sct 6.58 - 6.62V. Period analyses of new and existing data by Reed and Welch (1988, AJ, 95, 1510) imply radial,VAR:pulsations of 0.099d and 0.060d with no evidence of nonradial pulsations.
HR 7250BD+24 364017818786817 19 06 38.4+24 15 035.77 A4III
HR 7263BD+21 367217847686843S 19 08 03.6+21 41 566.23 F3V 0.2G:Hyades moving group.
HR 7286BD+21 369017964886930 19 12 36.7+21 33 165.93 R A2Vn
HR 73061BD+21 371318055487010354012243 1186619 16 13.0+21 23 254.77 B4IV 7.139.1SB:249.4d, K 10.9, V0 -25.2, asini 28.72.
HR 73182BD+22 36481809688703612287 ES Vul19 17 43.6+23 01 325.43 B0.5IV 4.71.8D:AB binary.,VAR:ADS 12287A, Beta C? 5.4 - 5.46v, 0.6096d.
HR 73583BD+25 381118225587136 1196619 22 50.9+26 15 455.18 B6III
HR 7364BD+19 400018242287148 19 23 46.9+20 15 526.40 B9.5V G:Member of Collinder 399, a loose cluster of only six known members.
HR 7384BD+19 400918276187186 19 25 22.4+20 16 176.31 A0V G:Member of Collinder 399. See HR 7364.
HR 73854BD+19 4010182762104818I12425 19 25 28.6+19 47 555.16 K0III 6.218.9D:Both companions optical.
HR 7386BD+24 373718280787190W 19 25 25.8+24 54 466.19 F7V 4.440.1D:Components B-D are 40" to 90" from A. A new component at 0.181" found by speckle interferometry.
HR 73905BD+19 4015182919104831 19 26 13.2+20 05 525.63 A0V G:Member of Collinder 399. See HR 7364.
HR 7391BD+19 40171829551048391505I12445 19 26 28.7+19 53 295.81 M0III 3.8152.5D:Components B, 10.8v at 27"; C, 10.46V, +0.61(B-V), +0.08(U-B), at 73" and P, 14.5v at 26" all optical.,G:Member of Collinder 399. See HR 7364.,S:Also classified K7I, M0.1II, M1III.
HR 7405α6BD+24 3759183439872611508IW 1206919 28 42.3+24 39 544.44 M0III 1.4413.7D:Secondary K0.,G:Arcturus group. Same space motion as Arcturus, HR 5340.,N:Anser (rarely used).
HR 74068BD+24 376118349187267 19 28 57.0+24 46 075.81 K0III
HR 74097BD+19 403918353787269 Var19 29 20.9+20 16 476.33 B5Vn VAR:Amp. 0.1B.
HR 7421BD+26 357318401087314 19 31 21.8+26 37 025.87 K0III-IV
HR 74379BD+19 406318460610499012622 1217319 34 34.9+19 46 245.00 B8IIIn 7.8108.3
HR 7452BD+22 3741184961874263564 1219919 36 08.3+22 35 096.32 B9pSi:Cr: S:Silicon star.
HR 7458BD+20 420018505987447 U Vul19 36 37.7+20 19 587.14 F2-F8Iab VAR:CDelta 6.78 - 7.51V, 7.990676d.
HR 7472BD+20 421018543687489 19 38 17.5+20 46 586.48 K0III
HR 7482BD+20 421818585987542 19 40 28.3+20 28 366.50 B0.5Iae
HR 7485BD+23 37331859158755112778 19 40 39.7+23 43 036.64 B6IV 1.5118.4D:Companions probably optical.
HR 7490BD+22 376718602187569 19 41 14.9+22 27 106.36 K0I
HR 750610BD+25 3933186486876331515 19 43 42.9+25 46 195.49 G8III
HR 7508BD+26 365418651887640I12850 PS Vul19 43 55.9+27 08 086.28 B7V+G1:III 1.50.4DYN:0.004".,S:Also classified G4III+B6 and K0+A0; cool component K3II.,VAR:E? Amp. 0.076V.
HR 7533BD+24 387718699887706 19 46 39.5+25 08 026.62 A7IV
HR 7540BD+25 397218719387729 19 47 48.6+25 23 025.95 K0II-III
HR 7556BD+28 349318764087786 1245419 49 54.6+28 26 266.38 B5V
HR 756512BD+22 3833187811878133585 Var19 51 04.1+22 36 364.95 B2.5Ve vG:Member of the local association (Pleiades group).,SB:3.7d.,VAR:Amp. at 0.58 micrometers about 0.11m. H line widths vary in cycle about 15 yrs.
HR 7573BD+24 3914187982878403587 1249819 52 01.6+24 59 325.57 A1Ia G:Vul OB4.,SB:350.001d, K 16.37k/s, V0 +0.48k/s, asini 74.9. Unresolved by speckle interferometry.
HR 759213BD+23 382018826087883W 19 53 27.7+24 04 474.58 B9.5III 3.21.0
HR 7601BD+23 382918848587908 19 54 31.1+24 19 105.52 A0III
HR 764114BD+22 387218941088016 19 59 10.5+23 06 055.67 R F0
HR 765315BD+27 3587189849880711523 NT Vul20 01 06.1+27 45 134.64 A4III SB:3195d, K 4.6k/s, V0 -24.0k/s, e 0.76. Unresolved by speckle interferometry.,VAR:Amp. 0.03V, 14.0d.
HR 7656BD+24 397518994488088 20 01 44.7+24 48 015.88 B4V
HR 765716BD+24 39771900048809813277 20 02 01.4+24 56 175.22 F2III 0.30.8
HR 7677BD+22 391319059088163S 20 04 58.6+23 12 376.45 R A5Vn 0.1
HR 768817BD+23 3896190993882123611 20 06 53.4+23 36 525.07 B3V
HR 771118BD+26 381519174788295 20 10 33.5+26 54 155.52 A3III G:NGC 6682 #2.,SB:9.316d, K 78.5k/s, V0 -13.0k/s, msin3i 2.27, asini 10.1.
HR 7716BD+21 408819187788315 20 11 21.1+21 52 326.26 B1Ibe
HR 771819BD+26 382519200488330I 20 11 48.0+26 48 325.49 K3II-III G:NGC 6882 #1. Member NGC 6885, a sparse cluster in front of and often confused with NGC 6882.
HR 771920BD+26 382819204488339 1289020 12 00.7+26 28 445.92 B7Ve G:NGC 6882 #3. Member NGC 6885, a sparse cluster in front of and often confused with NGC 6882.,S:Shell star.,VAR:S, 5.87 - 5.92V.
HR 7723BD+23 39351923428837713543 20 13 40.6+24 14 206.56 A1m 3.32.7D:Binary.,G:Hyades group.
HR 773121BD+28 367519251888391 NU Vul20 14 14.5+28 41 415.18 A7IVn S:Shell star.,VAR:Delta Sct, 16.478d, amp. 0.07V.
HR 7739BD+25 41651926858841013589 QR Vul20 15 15.9+25 35 314.78 B3Ve v2.40.7D:AB CPM, 680?y.,S:Discovered in 1982 as a Be star. H alpha previously absorption; emission increased rapidly in September 1982.,SB:11.000d, subsequently rejected; probably shorter if variable.,VAR:4.60 - 4.80V. Sudden brightening in 1982, amp. 0.18V.
HR 774122BD+23 394419271388416I QS Vul20 15 30.2+23 30 315.15 G3Ib-II SB:251.0d, K 26.8k/s, V0 -23.7k/s, asini 92.4. Secondary B9, revised period 249.099d, a1sini 93.,VAR:E, amp. 0.367U, 0.142B, 0.052V, 0.031R, 0.010I, 249.099d; duration of primary eclipse <17d.
HR 774423BD+27 366619280688428IS 20 15 46.1+27 48 514.52 K3-IIIFe-1 S:Also classified K3III CN-1 Ba0.3 Fe-1.
HR 775324BD+24 407519294488451760 20 16 47.1+24 40 165.32 G8III
HR 7760BD+28 36951930948847313648 20 17 31.5+29 08 536.22 G9III 4.75.9
HR 778925BD+23 398619391188580 20 22 03.4+24 26 465.54 B8IIIne S:Shell star.
HR 7811BD+20 4559194577886643634 Var20 25 40.5+21 24 355.66 G6III VAR:Amp. 0.04V, pulsating.
HR 7849BD+25 42721956928880813964 20 31 58.2+25 48 166.34 Am 1.80.4D:Binary. B is A2.
HR 7862BD+20 462919603588846 20 34 10.0+20 59 076.48 B3IV
HR 787426BD+25 429919636288884 20 36 08.3+25 52 576.41 A5III SB:11.088d, K 58.7k/s, V0 -18.8k/s, asini 8.59.
HR 788027BD+25 4302196504889033649 20 37 04.7+26 27 435.59 B9V
HR 789129BD+20 4658196724889441539 20 38 31.3+21 12 044.82 A0V
HR 789428BD+23 408419674088945 20 38 31.9+24 06 585.04 B5IV
HR 7895BD+23 408519675388946 20 38 35.1+23 40 505.91 K0II-III+A3V SB:vsini of K-type =<50k/s, of A-type 80k/s.
HR 7903BD+21 430519682188959 1320120 39 10.6+21 49 026.08 A0III
HR 793930BD+24 4229197752890843657I 20 44 52.5+25 16 144.91 K2III G:Gamma Leo group.
HR 7988BD+27 389019872689216I T Vul20 51 28.2+28 15 025.77 F5Ib VAR:CDelta 5.44 - 6.06V, 4.435572d.
HR 799531BD+26 401719880989228I 1337320 52 07.7+27 05 494.59 G7IIIFe-1
HR 8007BD+27 390919914089265 BW Vul20 54 22.4+28 31 196.56 B2IIIe vVAR:Beta C 6.2 - 6.43p, 0.20104071d. Sudden period change in 1972. 1924-70 per. increased 0.037s/y.
HR 800832BD+27 391119916989272786I 1339820 54 33.6+28 03 275.01 K4III
HR 803233BD+21 4424199697893321549I 20 58 16.4+22 19 335.31 K3.5III
HR 8082BD+26 4073201051894593686 21 06 23.5+26 55 286.12 K0II-III
HR 8101BD+21 44862016718950514710 A21 10 32.0+22 27 176.68 A1V 1.018.0D:Fixed. Companion A4V.,S:Also classified Am(A0/A2V/A2).
HR 8158BD+21 452120320689628 21 20 14.0+22 01 356.29 B6IV
HR 8190BD+23 430020380389678W 21 23 58.8+24 16 275.71 F1IV 4.853.9
HR 8194BD+24 43942038588968014943 21 24 07.4+25 18 446.15 A2V 5.666.8D:ADS 14943A. All companions 10.5m or fainter.,SB:6.9463d, K 71.4k/s, V0 -19.5k/s, msin3i 1.37, asini 6.82.
HR 8197BD+23 430520388689682 21 24 23.1+24 31 446.32 K0III
HR 8198BD+25 453120392589685 21 24 34.0+26 10 285.68 A8III VAR:Delta Sct?
HR 821735BD+26 4164204414897203715 21 27 40.1+27 36 315.41 A1V

Revised+Historic NGC/IC, Version 22/9, © Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke [277]
Planetary Nebulae
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 684219 55 02.3+29 17 23PN13.613.10.95F, pL, vlEPK 65+0.1, Sh2-95, CS=16.0
NGC 685319 59 36.3+22 43 18PN7.67.46.7!!!, vB, vL, biN, iE (Dumbbell)M 27, PK 60-3.1, CS=13.9, Dumbbell nebula
Galactic Nebulae
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 681319 40 24.0+27 18 34EN3 × 3** in vF, S nebSG 3.148
NGC 682019 42 28.0+23 05 15EN15.00.5 × 0.5F, S, R, bMIRAS 19403+2258, knot in Sh2-86
IC 495420 04 45.0+29 15 12RN3 × 3D neb *, iF, * 11 closeLBN 153, CED 175
IC 495520 04 53.0+29 11 24RN5 × 5Fine neb * 12LBN 153, CED 175
Open Clusters
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 679319 23 12.6+22 09 27IV2p7Cl, P, lCOCL 115
NGC 680019 27 00.0+25 05 30III2p5Cl, vL, pRi, vlC, st 10…OCL 123
NGC 680219 30 36.0+20 15 42III1m8.85Cl, L, vC, E 0°, st 14…18OCL 114
NGC 682319 43 10.0+23 18 00I3pn7.17Cl, eRi, E, st 11…12OCL 124, LBN 135
NGC 682719 48 53.2+21 12 58I1m2vF, E, dif, sev st invOCL 120
NGC 683019 51 00.0+23 06 00II2p7.96Cl, L, pRi, pC, st 11…12OCL 125
NGC 688520 11 40.6+26 32 54*Grp5Cl, vB, vL, Ri, lC, st 6…11NGC 6882, OCL 132, with 20 Vul
NGC 694020 34 32.3+28 16 49III2m6.325Cl, vB, vL, vRi, cC, st pLOCL 141
IC 129919 22 42.0+20 44 24OCL14.02 × 1S Cl of vF st
Galaxies
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 692120 28 28.9+25 43 26S0-a14.413.40.9 × 0.2F, S, EUGC 11570, MCG 4-48-1, IRAS 20264+2533
NGC 705221 18 33.0+26 26 50E513.612.62.1 × 1.1F, S, vlE, rUGC 11718, MCG 4-50-6, CGCG 471-5
NGC 708021 30 01.9+26 43 06SBb13.112.31.8 × 1.7vF, S, vlEUGC 11756, MCG 4-50-12, CGCG 471-11, NPM1G +26.0474, IRAS 21278+2629

«Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae» Acker et al., 1992 [141]
PNGRA
J2000.0
Dec
J2000.0
Main IDPKIRASDiscovererIdentitiesoDiam
["]
rDiam
["]
Dist
[kpc]
Rvel
[km/s]
ExpVel
[km/s]
C* NameC* MagC* SP Type
PN G055.2+02.819 23 25+21 08 00He 2-43255+02.119212+2102HENIZE 1964ARO 321 5. 2.3
PN G055.3+02.719 23 47+21 06 40He 1- 155+02.219216+2100HENIZE 1961ARO 188, He 2- 433 5.4 8.
PN G055.3+06.619 08 39+22 58 51A 5455+06.1ABELL 1955A55 42, ARO 184, VV' 479 56.
PN G055.5-00.519 36 26+19 42 30M 1-7155-00.119342+1935MINKOWSKI 1946ARO 156, He 2- 439, VV 236, VV' 504 3.8 2.9 +50.6 ± 10.1 16.5 (O-III), 25.0 (N-II)WC ?
PN G055.6+02.119 26 38+21 09 35He 1- 255+02.319244+2103HENIZE 1961ARO 189, He 2- 435 5. 4.7 B: 17.7, V: 16.7
PN G056.0+02.019 27 44+21 30 03K 3-3556+02.119255+2123KOHOUTEK 1964ARO 323 0. 1.7
PN G056.4-00.919 39 36+20 19 02K 3-4256-00.1KOHOUTEK 1964 3.4 1.2
PN G057.9-01.519 45 22+21 20 04He 2-44757-01.119431+2112HENIZE 1964VES 47 5. : 1.2
PN G058.6+06.119 17 03+25 37 26A 5758+06.1ABELL 1955A55 46, ARO 149, VV' 490 37. AG82 359, CSI +25 -19150, UBV 16325U: 16.97, B: 17.86, V: 17.66
PN G058.9+01.319 36 22+23 39 48K 3-4058+01.119342+2333KOHOUTEK 1964VES 16 0. 4.
PN G059.0+04.619 24 03+25 18 49K 3-3459+04.1KOHOUTEK 1964 9.6
PN G059.0-01.719 48 25+22 10 00He 1- 359-01.119462+2201HENIZE 1961ARO 164, He 2- 448 8. AG82 385B: >12.0, V: >11.6
PN G059.4+02.319 33 47+24 32 27K 3-3759+02.119316+2425KOHOUTEK 1964ARO 325 0. 2.5
PN G059.9+02.019 35 54+24 54 50K 3-3959+02.219338+2448KOHOUTEK 1964ARO 326 0. 1.
PN G060.4+01.519 38 52+25 05 31PM 1-31019367+2458PREITE-MARTINEZ 1988HuDo 1 0. V: 18.6(WC 11)
PN G060.5+01.819 38 08+25 15 41He 2-44060+01.119360+2508HENIZE 1964VES 26 3. : 2.2
PN G060.5-00.319 46 16+24 11 07K 3-4560-00.119442+2404KOHOUTEK 1964 6.8
PN G060.8-03.619 59 36+22 43 01NGC 685360-03.119574+2234HUGGINS 1864ARO 14, He 2- 452, M 27, VV 246, VV' 521 402. 0.32 -41.8 ± 0.8 15.0 (O-III), 31.5 (N-II)AG82 393, CSI +22 -19572, GCRV 12336, PLX 4735U: 12.43, B: 13.66, V: 13.94O7, O(H)
PN G061.3+03.619 32 58+26 52 44He 2-43761+03.119309+2646HENIZE 1964ARO 154, M 4-15 7.2
PN G061.8+02.119 39 40+26 30 58He 2-44261+02.1HENIZE 1964ARO 157, M 4-16< 10. 0.4 +55.0 ± 11.0
PN G062.4-00.219 50 28+25 54 22M 2-4862-00.119483+2546MINKOWSKI 1947ARO 190, He 2- 449, VV 243, VV' 515 8. 3.1
PN G063.8-03.320 04 59+25 26 37K 3-5463-03.120028+2518KOHOUTEK 1964ARO 343 0. 0.8
PN G064.9-02.120 03 22+27 00 55K 3-5364-02.120012+2652KOHOUTEK 1964ARO 341< 6. 0.8
PN G065.1-03.520 09 04+26 26 53We 1- 920069+2618WEINBERGER 1977 24. AG82 397B: >21.
PN G065.2-05.620 17 21+25 21 44He 1- 665-05.120152+2512HENIZE 1961ARO 171, He 2- 462 18.8 -22.0 ± 11.0
PN G065.9+00.519 55 02+29 17 21NGC 684265+00.119530+2909CURTIS 1919ARO 106, He 2- 451, Sh 1- 72, Sh 2- 95, VV 245, VV' 518 57. 36. 2.3 -5.0 ± 25.0 35.0 (O-III)AG82 388, CSI +29 -19529, PLX 4708U: 14.75, B: 15.65, V: 15.98
PN G066.9-05.220 19 38+27 00 14PC 2466-05.120175+2650PEIMBERT et al 1961ARO 192, He 1- 7, He 2- 463 5. 5.
PN G072.7-17.121 16 52+24 08 51A 7472-17.1ABELL 1955A55 61, ARO 193, VV' 546 830. +18.0 ± 4.0 27. (O-III), 26. (N-II)AG82 425, CSI +23 -21146, FB 176, UBV 18389U: 15.72, B: 16.91, V: 17.11sd Op

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