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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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15 Vulpeculae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:34 | Tran: 1:21 | Set: 10:05
Alt: -9.82°   Az: 347.98°   Direction: North-North-West

15 Vulpeculae is a variable giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

15 Vulpeculae visual magnitude is 4.64. Because of its moderate brightness, 15 Vulpeculae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 15 Vulpeculae star
DSS2 image of 15 Vulpeculae. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Vulpeculae during the next 10000 years (9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 02m 09s
+27° 49’ 32”
11h 06m 19s
07h 08m 28s

J2000

20h 01m 06s
+27° 45’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

65.3°
-1.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 15 Vulpeculae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.64
Giant

0.47
A4III
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Vulpeculae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Vulpeculae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Vulpeculae is distant 222.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

68.17
222.22
-21 km/s
0.059 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

15 Vulpeculae
SAO88071
SAO88071

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Vulpeculae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.2°
Max altitude: 66.3°
Azimuth: 297.8°