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 341→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Vulpecula 341 2 Vulpecula 341 3 Vulpecula 341 4 Vulpecula 341 5 Vulpecula 341 6 Vulpecula 341 7 Vulpecula 341 8 Vulpecula 341 9 Vulpecula 341 10 Vulpecula 341 11 Vulpecula 341 12 Vulpecula 341 13 Vulpecula 341 14 Vulpecula 341 15 Vulpecula 341 16 Vulpecula 341 17 Vulpecula 341 18 Vulpecula 341 19 Vulpecula 341 20 Vulpecula 341 21 Vulpecula 341 22 Vulpecula 341 23 Vulpecula 341 24 Vulpecula 341 25 Vulpecula 341 26 Vulpecula 341 27 Vulpecula 341 28 Vulpecula 341 1 Cygnus 341 19 March 2253 20 March 2253 21 March 2253 22 March 2253 23 March 2253 24 March 2253 25 March 2253 26 March 2253 27 March 2253 28 March 2253 29 March 2253 30 March 2253 31 March 2253 1 April 2253 2 April 2253 3 April 2253 4 April 2253 5 April 2253 6 April 2253 7 April 2253 8 April 2253 9 April 2253 10 April 2253 11 April 2253 12 April 2253 13 April 2253 14 April 2253 15 April 2253 16 April 2253 17 April 2253
MS 80826 MS 80827 MS 80828 MS 80829 MS 80830 MS 80831 MS 80832 MS 80833 MS 80834 MS 80835 MS 80836 MS 80837 MS 80838 MS 80839 MS 80840 MS 80841 MS 80842 MS 80843 MS 80844 MS 80845 MS 80846 MS 80847 MS 80848 MS 80849 MS 80850 MS 80851 MS 80852 MS 80853 MS 80854 MD 83061 MD 83062 MD 83063 MD 83064 MD 83065 MD 83066 MD 83067 MD 83068 MD 83069 MD 83070 MD 83071 MD 83072 MD 83073 MD 83074 MD 83075 MD 83076 MD 83077 MD 83078 MD 83079 MD 83080 MD 83081 MD 83082 MD 83083 MD 83084 MD 83085 MD 83086 MD 83087 MD 83088 MD 83089 MD 83090