Anser

HR 7405 · HIP 95771 · α Vul

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 4.45 mag
Parallax: 10.97 mas → about 297.3 light-years away
Spectral type: M0 comp
Right ascension: 292.1764°
Declination: 24.6649°
Designation: HR 7405
Bayer designation: α Vul
HIP number: 95771
IAU name adopted: 2017-06-30
Name language: Latin
Name origin (IAU): Johannes & Elisabetha Hevelius created “Vulpecula cum Ansere” (the Little Fox with the Goose) out of unformed stars in the space between Cygnus and Aquila. The constellation first appeared in Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687) and the accompanying introductory text, Prodromus astronomiae (1690). To emphasize that it was his own creation, Hevelius dedicated Figure L to the pair, shown as a detail in Fig. 3.1. In atlases published before Hevelius, its stars are shown simply marking the flow of the Milky Way through the area. Ian Ridpath (1989) noted that “Hevelius placed the fox near two other hunting animals, the eagle (the constellation Aquila) and the vulture (which was an alternative identification for Lyra). He explained that the fox was taking the goose to neighbouring Cerberus, another of his inventions.”unnamed before.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 297 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1729 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 24.7° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.

HR 7405 · HIP 95771 · α Vul

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Apparent magnitude: 4.45 mag
Parallax: 10.97 mas → about 297.3 light-years away
Spectral type: M0 comp
Right ascension: 292.1764°
Declination: 24.6649°
Designation: HR 7405
Bayer designation: α Vul
HIP number: 95771
IAU name adopted: 2017-06-30
Name language: Latin
Name origin (IAU): Johannes & Elisabetha Hevelius created “Vulpecula cum Ansere” (the Little Fox with the Goose) out of unformed stars in the space between Cygnus and Aquila. The constellation first appeared in Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687) and the accompanying introductory text, Prodromus astronomiae (1690). To emphasize that it was his own creation, Hevelius dedicated Figure L to the pair, shown as a detail in Fig. 3.1. In atlases published before Hevelius, its stars are shown simply marking the flow of the Milky Way through the area. Ian Ridpath (1989) noted that “Hevelius placed the fox near two other hunting animals, the eagle (the constellation Aquila) and the vulture (which was an alternative identification for Lyra). He explained that the fox was taking the goose to neighbouring Cerberus, another of his inventions.”unnamed before.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 297 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1729 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 24.7° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.