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 604→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Vulpecula 604 2 Vulpecula 604 3 Vulpecula 604 4 Vulpecula 604 5 Vulpecula 604 6 Vulpecula 604 7 Vulpecula 604 8 Vulpecula 604 9 Vulpecula 604 10 Vulpecula 604 11 Vulpecula 604 12 Vulpecula 604 13 Vulpecula 604 14 Vulpecula 604 15 Vulpecula 604 16 Vulpecula 604 17 Vulpecula 604 18 Vulpecula 604 19 Vulpecula 604 20 Vulpecula 604 21 Vulpecula 604 22 Vulpecula 604 23 Vulpecula 604 24 Vulpecula 604 25 Vulpecula 604 26 Vulpecula 604 27 Vulpecula 604 28 Vulpecula 604 1 Cygnus 604 8 January 2748 9 January 2748 10 January 2748 11 January 2748 12 January 2748 13 January 2748 14 January 2748 15 January 2748 16 January 2748 17 January 2748 18 January 2748 19 January 2748 20 January 2748 21 January 2748 22 January 2748 23 January 2748 24 January 2748 25 January 2748 26 January 2748 27 January 2748 28 January 2748 29 January 2748 30 January 2748 31 January 2748 1 February 2748 2 February 2748 3 February 2748 4 February 2748 5 February 2748
MS 256665 MS 256666 MS 256667 MS 256668 MS 256669 MS 256670 MS 256671 MS 256672 MS 256673 MS 256674 MS 256675 MS 256676 MS 256677 MS 256678 MS 256679 MS 256680 MS 256681 MS 256682 MS 256683 MS 256684 MS 256685 MS 256686 MS 256687 MS 256688 MS 256689 MS 256690 MS 256691 MS 256692 MS 256693 MD 263785 MD 263786 MD 263787 MD 263788 MD 263789 MD 263790 MD 263791 MD 263792 MD 263793 MD 263794 MD 263795 MD 263796 MD 263797 MD 263798 MD 263799 MD 263800 MD 263801 MD 263802 MD 263803 MD 263804 MD 263805 MD 263806 MD 263807 MD 263808 MD 263809 MD 263810 MD 263811 MD 263812 MD 263813