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 1014→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Vulpecula 1014 2 Vulpecula 1014 3 Vulpecula 1014 4 Vulpecula 1014 5 Vulpecula 1014 6 Vulpecula 1014 7 Vulpecula 1014 8 Vulpecula 1014 9 Vulpecula 1014 10 Vulpecula 1014 11 Vulpecula 1014 12 Vulpecula 1014 13 Vulpecula 1014 14 Vulpecula 1014 15 Vulpecula 1014 16 Vulpecula 1014 17 Vulpecula 1014 18 Vulpecula 1014 19 Vulpecula 1014 20 Vulpecula 1014 21 Vulpecula 1014 22 Vulpecula 1014 23 Vulpecula 1014 24 Vulpecula 1014 25 Vulpecula 1014 26 Vulpecula 1014 27 Vulpecula 1014 28 Vulpecula 1014 1 Cygnus 1014 22 May 3519 23 May 3519 24 May 3519 25 May 3519 26 May 3519 27 May 3519 28 May 3519 29 May 3519 30 May 3519 31 May 3519 1 June 3519 2 June 3519 3 June 3519 4 June 3519 5 June 3519 6 June 3519 7 June 3519 8 June 3519 9 June 3519 10 June 3519 11 June 3519 12 June 3519 13 June 3519 14 June 3519 15 June 3519 16 June 3519 17 June 3519 18 June 3519 19 June 3519 20 June 3519
MS 530787 MS 530788 MS 530789 MS 530790 MS 530791 MS 530792 MS 530793 MS 530794 MS 530795 MS 530796 MS 530797 MS 530798 MS 530799 MS 530800 MS 530801 MS 530802 MS 530803 MS 530804 MS 530805 MS 530806 MS 530807 MS 530808 MS 530809 MS 530810 MS 530811 MS 530812 MS 530813 MS 530814 MS 530815 MD 545521 MD 545522 MD 545523 MD 545524 MD 545525 MD 545526 MD 545527 MD 545528 MD 545529 MD 545530 MD 545531 MD 545532 MD 545533 MD 545534 MD 545535 MD 545536 MD 545537 MD 545538 MD 545539 MD 545540 MD 545541 MD 545542 MD 545543 MD 545544 MD 545545 MD 545546 MD 545547 MD 545548 MD 545549 MD 545550