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 160→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Vulpecula 160 2 Vulpecula 160 3 Vulpecula 160 4 Vulpecula 160 5 Vulpecula 160 6 Vulpecula 160 7 Vulpecula 160 8 Vulpecula 160 9 Vulpecula 160 10 Vulpecula 160 11 Vulpecula 160 12 Vulpecula 160 13 Vulpecula 160 14 Vulpecula 160 15 Vulpecula 160 16 Vulpecula 160 17 Vulpecula 160 18 Vulpecula 160 19 Vulpecula 160 20 Vulpecula 160 21 Vulpecula 160 22 Vulpecula 160 23 Vulpecula 160 24 Vulpecula 160 25 Vulpecula 160 26 Vulpecula 160 27 Vulpecula 160 28 Vulpecula 160 1 Cygnus 160 7 September 1912 8 September 1912 9 September 1912 10 September 1912 11 September 1912 12 September 1912 13 September 1912 14 September 1912 15 September 1912 16 September 1912 17 September 1912 18 September 1912 19 September 1912 20 September 1912 21 September 1912 22 September 1912 23 September 1912 24 September 1912 25 September 1912 26 September 1912 27 September 1912 28 September 1912 29 September 1912 30 September 1912 1 October 1912 2 October 1912 3 October 1912 4 October 1912 5 October 1912
MS -40189 MS -40188 MS -40187 MS -40186 MS -40185 MS -40184 MS -40183 MS -40182 MS -40181 MS -40180 MS -40179 MS -40178 MS -40177 MS -40176 MS -40175 MS -40174 MS -40173 MS -40172 MS -40171 MS -40170 MS -40169 MS -40168 MS -40167 MS -40166 MS -40165 MS -40164 MS -40163 MS -40162 MS -40161 MD -41315 MD -41314 MD -41313 MD -41312 MD -41311 MD -41310 MD -41309 MD -41308 MD -41307 MD -41306 MD -41305 MD -41304 MD -41303 MD -41302 MD -41301 MD -41300 MD -41299 MD -41298 MD -41297 MD -41296 MD -41295 MD -41294 MD -41293 MD -41292 MD -41291 MD -41290 MD -41289 MD -41288 MD -41287