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 -494→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -494 2 Vulpecula -494 3 Vulpecula -494 4 Vulpecula -494 5 Vulpecula -494 6 Vulpecula -494 7 Vulpecula -494 8 Vulpecula -494 9 Vulpecula -494 10 Vulpecula -494 11 Vulpecula -494 12 Vulpecula -494 13 Vulpecula -494 14 Vulpecula -494 15 Vulpecula -494 16 Vulpecula -494 17 Vulpecula -494 18 Vulpecula -494 19 Vulpecula -494 20 Vulpecula -494 21 Vulpecula -494 22 Vulpecula -494 23 Vulpecula -494 24 Vulpecula -494 25 Vulpecula -494 26 Vulpecula -494 27 Vulpecula -494 28 Vulpecula -494 1 Columba -493 1 May 0682 2 May 0682 3 May 0682 4 May 0682 5 May 0682 6 May 0682 7 May 0682 8 May 0682 9 May 0682 10 May 0682 11 May 0682 12 May 0682 13 May 0682 14 May 0682 15 May 0682 16 May 0682 17 May 0682 18 May 0682 19 May 0682 20 May 0682 21 May 0682 22 May 0682 23 May 0682 24 May 0682 25 May 0682 26 May 0682 27 May 0682 28 May 0682 29 May 0682 30 May 0682
MS -477420 MS -477421 MS -477422 MS -477423 MS -477424 MS -477425 MS -477426 MS -477427 MS -477428 MS -477429 MS -477430 MS -477431 MS -477432 MS -477433 MS -477434 MS -477435 MS -477436 MS -477437 MS -477438 MS -477439 MS -477440 MS -477441 MS -477442 MS -477443 MS -477444 MS -477445 MS -477446 MS -477447 MS -477392 MD -490692 MD -490691 MD -490690 MD -490689 MD -490688 MD -490687 MD -490686 MD -490685 MD -490684 MD -490683 MD -490682 MD -490681 MD -490680 MD -490679 MD -490678 MD -490677 MD -490676 MD -490675 MD -490674 MD -490673 MD -490672 MD -490671 MD -490670 MD -490669 MD -490668 MD -490667 MD -490666 MD -490665 MD -490664 MD -490663