Constellations
Vulpecula (Vul)
The Little Fox
Also known as little fox, fox.
6 looks for Vulpecula
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Vulpecula
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Little Fox
- IAU abbreviation
- Vul
- Its stars are named
- Vulpeculae (as in "Alpha Vulpeculae")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 19h 47m, declination +25° 14′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- Anser, magnitude 4.44
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Anser (α Vul)mag 4.44
- 23 Vulmag 4.52
- 13 Vulmag 4.58
- 15 Vulmag 4.64
- 1 Vulmag 4.77
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation