IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Vulpecula
The Fox
OriginHevelius
AbbreviationVul
GenitiveVulpecilae
Pronunciation/vəlˈpɛkjʊlə/ genitive /vəlˈpɛkjʊliː/
vul-PECK-yuh-luh
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarAnser (α Vul)
Right Ascention 19h 29m Declination +24° 40'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.560 h (33.6 min)
Vulpecula, “The Fox” is another modern constellation created by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the late seventeenth century. Originally it was a double figure named Vulpecula cum Anser, “The Fox with the Goose”. Today, only the fox is left.
www.underthesky.com
Vulpecula from John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis. Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Vulpecula -21→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -21 2 Vulpecula -21 3 Vulpecula -21 4 Vulpecula -21 5 Vulpecula -21 6 Vulpecula -21 7 Vulpecula -21 8 Vulpecula -21 9 Vulpecula -21 10 Vulpecula -21 11 Vulpecula -21 12 Vulpecula -21 13 Vulpecula -21 14 Vulpecula -21 15 Vulpecula -21 16 Vulpecula -21 17 Vulpecula -21 18 Vulpecula -21 19 Vulpecula -21 20 Vulpecula -21 21 Vulpecula -21 22 Vulpecula -21 23 Vulpecula -21 24 Vulpecula -21 25 Vulpecula -21 26 Vulpecula -21 27 Vulpecula -21 28 Vulpecula -21 2 Columba -20 25 March 1572 26 March 1572 27 March 1572 28 March 1572 29 March 1572 30 March 1572 31 March 1572 1 April 1572 2 April 1572 3 April 1572 4 April 1572 5 April 1572 6 April 1572 7 April 1572 8 April 1572 9 April 1572 10 April 1572 11 April 1572 12 April 1572 13 April 1572 14 April 1572 15 April 1572 16 April 1572 17 April 1572 18 April 1572 19 April 1572 20 April 1572 21 April 1572 22 April 1572 23 April 1572
MS -161176 MS -161177 MS -161178 MS -161179 MS -161180 MS -161181 MS -161182 MS -161183 MS -161184 MS -161185 MS -161186 MS -161187 MS -161188 MS -161189 MS -161190 MS -161191 MS -161192 MS -161193 MS -161194 MS -161195 MS -161196 MS -161197 MS -161198 MS -161199 MS -161200 MS -161201 MS -161202 MS -161203 MS -161148 MD -165663 MD -165662 MD -165661 MD -165660 MD -165659 MD -165658 MD -165657 MD -165656 MD -165655 MD -165654 MD -165653 MD -165652 MD -165651 MD -165650 MD -165649 MD -165648 MD -165647 MD -165646 MD -165645 MD -165644 MD -165643 MD -165642 MD -165641 MD -165640 MD -165639 MD -165638 MD -165637 MD -165636 MD -165635 MD -165634