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 -503→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -503 2 Vulpecula -503 3 Vulpecula -503 4 Vulpecula -503 5 Vulpecula -503 6 Vulpecula -503 7 Vulpecula -503 8 Vulpecula -503 9 Vulpecula -503 10 Vulpecula -503 11 Vulpecula -503 12 Vulpecula -503 13 Vulpecula -503 14 Vulpecula -503 15 Vulpecula -503 16 Vulpecula -503 17 Vulpecula -503 18 Vulpecula -503 19 Vulpecula -503 20 Vulpecula -503 21 Vulpecula -503 22 Vulpecula -503 23 Vulpecula -503 24 Vulpecula -503 25 Vulpecula -503 26 Vulpecula -503 27 Vulpecula -503 28 Vulpecula -503 1 Columba -502 25 May 0665 26 May 0665 27 May 0665 28 May 0665 29 May 0665 30 May 0665 31 May 0665 1 June 0665 2 June 0665 3 June 0665 4 June 0665 5 June 0665 6 June 0665 7 June 0665 8 June 0665 9 June 0665 10 June 0665 11 June 0665 12 June 0665 13 June 0665 14 June 0665 15 June 0665 16 June 0665 17 June 0665 18 June 0665 19 June 0665 20 June 0665 21 June 0665 22 June 0665 23 June 0665
MS -483438 MS -483439 MS -483440 MS -483441 MS -483442 MS -483443 MS -483444 MS -483445 MS -483446 MS -483447 MS -483448 MS -483449 MS -483450 MS -483451 MS -483452 MS -483453 MS -483454 MS -483455 MS -483456 MS -483457 MS -483458 MS -483459 MS -483460 MS -483461 MS -483462 MS -483463 MS -483464 MS -483465 MS -483410 MD -496877 MD -496876 MD -496875 MD -496874 MD -496873 MD -496872 MD -496871 MD -496870 MD -496869 MD -496868 MD -496867 MD -496866 MD -496865 MD -496864 MD -496863 MD -496862 MD -496861 MD -496860 MD -496859 MD -496858 MD -496857 MD -496856 MD -496855 MD -496854 MD -496853 MD -496852 MD -496851 MD -496850 MD -496849 MD -496848