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 -554→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -554 2 Vulpecula -554 3 Vulpecula -554 4 Vulpecula -554 5 Vulpecula -554 6 Vulpecula -554 7 Vulpecula -554 8 Vulpecula -554 9 Vulpecula -554 10 Vulpecula -554 11 Vulpecula -554 12 Vulpecula -554 13 Vulpecula -554 14 Vulpecula -554 15 Vulpecula -554 16 Vulpecula -554 17 Vulpecula -554 18 Vulpecula -554 19 Vulpecula -554 20 Vulpecula -554 21 Vulpecula -554 22 Vulpecula -554 23 Vulpecula -554 24 Vulpecula -554 25 Vulpecula -554 26 Vulpecula -554 27 Vulpecula -554 28 Vulpecula -554 1 Columba -553 12 June 0569 13 June 0569 14 June 0569 15 June 0569 16 June 0569 17 June 0569 18 June 0569 19 June 0569 20 June 0569 21 June 0569 22 June 0569 23 June 0569 24 June 0569 25 June 0569 26 June 0569 27 June 0569 28 June 0569 29 June 0569 30 June 0569 1 July 0569 2 July 0569 3 July 0569 4 July 0569 5 July 0569 6 July 0569 7 July 0569 8 July 0569 9 July 0569 10 July 0569 11 July 0569
MS -517536 MS -517537 MS -517538 MS -517539 MS -517540 MS -517541 MS -517542 MS -517543 MS -517544 MS -517545 MS -517546 MS -517547 MS -517548 MS -517549 MS -517550 MS -517551 MS -517552 MS -517553 MS -517554 MS -517555 MS -517556 MS -517557 MS -517558 MS -517559 MS -517560 MS -517561 MS -517562 MS -517563 MS -517508 MD -531922 MD -531921 MD -531920 MD -531919 MD -531918 MD -531917 MD -531916 MD -531915 MD -531914 MD -531913 MD -531912 MD -531911 MD -531910 MD -531909 MD -531908 MD -531907 MD -531906 MD -531905 MD -531904 MD -531903 MD -531902 MD -531901 MD -531900 MD -531899 MD -531898 MD -531897 MD -531896 MD -531895 MD -531894 MD -531893