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 -571→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -571 2 Vulpecula -571 3 Vulpecula -571 4 Vulpecula -571 5 Vulpecula -571 6 Vulpecula -571 7 Vulpecula -571 8 Vulpecula -571 9 Vulpecula -571 10 Vulpecula -571 11 Vulpecula -571 12 Vulpecula -571 13 Vulpecula -571 14 Vulpecula -571 15 Vulpecula -571 16 Vulpecula -571 17 Vulpecula -571 18 Vulpecula -571 19 Vulpecula -571 20 Vulpecula -571 21 Vulpecula -571 22 Vulpecula -571 23 Vulpecula -571 24 Vulpecula -571 25 Vulpecula -571 26 Vulpecula -571 27 Vulpecula -571 28 Vulpecula -571 2 Columba -570 17 June 0537 18 June 0537 19 June 0537 20 June 0537 21 June 0537 22 June 0537 23 June 0537 24 June 0537 25 June 0537 26 June 0537 27 June 0537 28 June 0537 29 June 0537 30 June 0537 1 July 0537 2 July 0537 3 July 0537 4 July 0537 5 July 0537 6 July 0537 7 July 0537 8 July 0537 9 July 0537 10 July 0537 11 July 0537 12 July 0537 13 July 0537 14 July 0537 15 July 0537 16 July 0537
MS -528903 MS -528904 MS -528905 MS -528906 MS -528907 MS -528908 MS -528909 MS -528910 MS -528911 MS -528912 MS -528913 MS -528914 MS -528915 MS -528916 MS -528917 MS -528918 MS -528919 MS -528920 MS -528921 MS -528922 MS -528923 MS -528924 MS -528925 MS -528926 MS -528927 MS -528928 MS -528929 MS -528930 MS -528875 MD -543605 MD -543604 MD -543603 MD -543602 MD -543601 MD -543600 MD -543599 MD -543598 MD -543597 MD -543596 MD -543595 MD -543594 MD -543593 MD -543592 MD -543591 MD -543590 MD -543589 MD -543588 MD -543587 MD -543586 MD -543585 MD -543584 MD -543583 MD -543582 MD -543581 MD -543580 MD -543579 MD -543578 MD -543577 MD -543576