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 -731→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Vulpecula -731 2 Vulpecula -731 3 Vulpecula -731 4 Vulpecula -731 5 Vulpecula -731 6 Vulpecula -731 7 Vulpecula -731 8 Vulpecula -731 9 Vulpecula -731 10 Vulpecula -731 11 Vulpecula -731 12 Vulpecula -731 13 Vulpecula -731 14 Vulpecula -731 15 Vulpecula -731 16 Vulpecula -731 17 Vulpecula -731 18 Vulpecula -731 19 Vulpecula -731 20 Vulpecula -731 21 Vulpecula -731 22 Vulpecula -731 23 Vulpecula -731 24 Vulpecula -731 25 Vulpecula -731 26 Vulpecula -731 27 Vulpecula -731 28 Vulpecula -731 2 Columba -730 9 June 0236 10 June 0236 11 June 0236 12 June 0236 13 June 0236 14 June 0236 15 June 0236 16 June 0236 17 June 0236 18 June 0236 19 June 0236 20 June 0236 21 June 0236 22 June 0236 23 June 0236 24 June 0236 25 June 0236 26 June 0236 27 June 0236 28 June 0236 29 June 0236 30 June 0236 1 July 0236 2 July 0236 3 July 0236 4 July 0236 5 July 0236 6 July 0236 7 July 0236 8 July 0236
MS -635878 MS -635879 MS -635880 MS -635881 MS -635882 MS -635883 MS -635884 MS -635885 MS -635886 MS -635887 MS -635888 MS -635889 MS -635890 MS -635891 MS -635892 MS -635893 MS -635894 MS -635895 MS -635896 MS -635897 MS -635898 MS -635899 MS -635900 MS -635901 MS -635902 MS -635903 MS -635904 MS -635905 MS -635850 MD -653551 MD -653550 MD -653549 MD -653548 MD -653547 MD -653546 MD -653545 MD -653544 MD -653543 MD -653542 MD -653541 MD -653540 MD -653539 MD -653538 MD -653537 MD -653536 MD -653535 MD -653534 MD -653533 MD -653532 MD -653531 MD -653530 MD -653529 MD -653528 MD -653527 MD -653526 MD -653525 MD -653524 MD -653523 MD -653522