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 -273→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -273 2 Vulpecula -273 3 Vulpecula -273 4 Vulpecula -273 5 Vulpecula -273 6 Vulpecula -273 7 Vulpecula -273 8 Vulpecula -273 9 Vulpecula -273 10 Vulpecula -273 11 Vulpecula -273 12 Vulpecula -273 13 Vulpecula -273 14 Vulpecula -273 15 Vulpecula -273 16 Vulpecula -273 17 Vulpecula -273 18 Vulpecula -273 19 Vulpecula -273 20 Vulpecula -273 21 Vulpecula -273 22 Vulpecula -273 23 Vulpecula -273 24 Vulpecula -273 25 Vulpecula -273 26 Vulpecula -273 27 Vulpecula -273 28 Vulpecula -273 1 Columba -272 12 February 1098 13 February 1098 14 February 1098 15 February 1098 16 February 1098 17 February 1098 18 February 1098 19 February 1098 20 February 1098 21 February 1098 22 February 1098 23 February 1098 24 February 1098 25 February 1098 26 February 1098 27 February 1098 28 February 1098 1 March 1098 2 March 1098 3 March 1098 4 March 1098 5 March 1098 6 March 1098 7 March 1098 8 March 1098 9 March 1098 10 March 1098 11 March 1098 12 March 1098 13 March 1098
MS -329662 MS -329663 MS -329664 MS -329665 MS -329666 MS -329667 MS -329668 MS -329669 MS -329670 MS -329671 MS -329672 MS -329673 MS -329674 MS -329675 MS -329676 MS -329677 MS -329678 MS -329679 MS -329680 MS -329681 MS -329682 MS -329683 MS -329684 MS -329685 MS -329686 MS -329687 MS -329688 MS -329689 MS -329634 MD -338829 MD -338828 MD -338827 MD -338826 MD -338825 MD -338824 MD -338823 MD -338822 MD -338821 MD -338820 MD -338819 MD -338818 MD -338817 MD -338816 MD -338815 MD -338814 MD -338813 MD -338812 MD -338811 MD -338810 MD -338809 MD -338808 MD -338807 MD -338806 MD -338805 MD -338804 MD -338803 MD -338802 MD -338801 MD -338800