Constellation Vulpecula (Fox)

Properties

Vulpecula is an inconspicuous constellation on the head of the Cygnus from a few stars of almost 4th magnitude that do not have a distinctive shape. It is south of Cygnus and north of Sagitta and Delphinus. The area of the constellation is 268 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on July 26th. ^{[9, 15]}

Stars with Proper Names:

α Vulpeculae: Anser

Data for constellation Vulpecula ^[150]
IAU Name	Vulpecula
IAU Genitive	Vulpeculae
IAU Abbr.	Vul
English Name	Fox
Season (47° N)	March … December
Right Ascension	18^h 57^m 07^s … 21^h 30^m 39^s
Declination	19° 23' 54" … 29° 29' 14"
Area	268 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Cyg, Lyr, Her, Sge, Del, Peg

Deep-Sky Object Descriptions

Coathanger Cluster
Collinder 399

IC 4954/5

Dumbbell Nebula
Messier 27

History

The Danzig astronomer Johannes Hevelius introduced this constellation in 1690 as Vulpecula Cum Anser (little fox and goose), but meanwhile the goose seems to have escaped the fox. ^[7]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ^[154]
HR	B	F	RA [hms]	Dec [dms]	vMag	spType	dMag	Sep ["]
7306		1	19 16 13.0	+21 23 25	4.77	B4IV	7.1	39.1
7318		2	19 17 43.6	+23 01 32	5.43	B0.5IV	4.7	1.8
7358		3	19 22 50.9	+26 15 45	5.18	B6III
7385		4	19 25 28.6	+19 47 55	5.16	K0III	6.2	18.9
7390		5	19 26 13.2	+20 05 52	5.63	A0V
7405	α	6	19 28 42.3	+24 39 54	4.44	M0III	1.4	413.7
7406		8	19 28 57.0	+24 46 07	5.81	K0III
7409		7	19 29 20.9	+20 16 47	6.33	B5Vn
7437		9	19 34 34.9	+19 46 24	5.00	B8IIIn	7.8	108.3
7506		10	19 43 42.9	+25 46 19	5.49	G8III
7565		12	19 51 04.1	+22 36 36	4.95	B2.5Ve v
7592		13	19 53 27.7	+24 04 47	4.58	B9.5III	3.2	1.0
7641		14	19 59 10.5	+23 06 05	5.67 R	F0
7653		15	20 01 06.1	+27 45 13	4.64	A4III
7657		16	20 02 01.4	+24 56 17	5.22	F2III	0.3	0.8
7688		17	20 06 53.4	+23 36 52	5.07	B3V
7711		18	20 10 33.5	+26 54 15	5.52	A3III
7718		19	20 11 48.0	+26 48 32	5.49	K3II-III
7719		20	20 12 00.7	+26 28 44	5.92	B7Ve
7731		21	20 14 14.5	+28 41 41	5.18	A7IVn
7741		22	20 15 30.2	+23 30 31	5.15	G3Ib-II
7744		23	20 15 46.1	+27 48 51	4.52	K3-IIIFe-1
7753		24	20 16 47.1	+24 40 16	5.32	G8III
7789		25	20 22 03.4	+24 26 46	5.54	B8IIIne
7874		26	20 36 08.3	+25 52 57	6.41	A5III
7880		27	20 37 04.7	+26 27 43	5.59	B9V
7891		29	20 38 31.3	+21 12 04	4.82	A0V
7894		28	20 38 31.9	+24 06 58	5.04	B5IV
7939		30	20 44 52.5	+25 16 14	4.91	K2III
7995		31	20 52 07.7	+27 05 49	4.59	G7IIIFe-1
8008		32	20 54 33.6	+28 03 27	5.01	K4III
8032		33	20 58 16.4	+22 19 33	5.31	K3.5III
8217		35	21 27 40.1	+27 36 31	5.41	A1V

«Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue», Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke, 2021 ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	Bmag	Vmag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification
NGC 6793	19 23 12.6	+22 09 27	OCL (IV2p)			7.00	Cl, P, lC	OCL 115
NGC 6800	19 27 00.0	+25 05 30	OCL (III2p)			5.00	Cl, vL, pRi, vlC, st 10…	OCL 123
NGC 6802	19 30 36.0	+20 15 42	OCL (III1m)		8.8	5.00	Cl, L, vC, E 0°, st 14…18	OCL 114
NGC 6813	19 40 24.0	+27 18 34	EN			3.00 × 3.0	** in vF, S neb	SG 3.148
NGC 6815	19 40 44.0	+26 45 32	*Grp				Cl, vL, pRi, lC, st 10…15
NGC 6820	19 42 28.0	+23 05 15	EN	15.0		0.50 × 0.5	F, S, R, bM	IRAS 19403+2258, knot in Sh2-86
NGC 6823	19 43 10.0	+23 18 00	OCL (I3pn)		7.1	7.00	Cl, eRi, E, st 11…12	OCL 124, LBN 135
NGC 6827	19 48 53.2	+21 12 58	OCL (I1m)			2.00	vF, E, dif, sev st inv	OCL 120
NGC 6830	19 51 00.0	+23 06 00	OCL (II2p)		7.9	6.00	Cl, L, pRi, pC, st 11…12	OCL 125
NGC 6842	19 55 02.3	+29 17 23	PN	13.6	13.1	0.95	F, pL, vlE	PK 65+0.1, Sh2-95, CS=16.0
NGC 6847	19 56 33.7	+29 13 27	NF				Neb, r
NGC 6853	19 59 36.3	+22 43 18	PN	7.6	7.4	6.70	!!!, vB, vL, biN, iE (Dumbbell)	M 27, PK 60-3.1, CS=13.9, Dumbbell nebula
NGC 6882	20 11 40.6	+26 32 54	*Grp			5.00	Cl, P, lC	NGC 6885, OCL 152, with 20 Vul
NGC 6885	20 11 40.6	+26 32 54	OCL (*Grp)			5.00	Cl, vB, vL, Ri, lC, st 6…11	NGC 6882, OCL 132, with 20 Vul
NGC 6904	20 21 48.3	+25 44 22	*Grp			3.00	Cl, S, vlC, st 10…11
NGC 6921	20 28 28.9	+25 43 26	Gx (S0-a)	14.4	13.4	0.90 × 0.2	F, S, E	UGC 11570, MCG 4-48-1, IRAS 20264+2533
NGC 6938	20 34 42.0	+22 13 02	*Grp			8.00	Cl, vL, P, vlC	OCL?
NGC 6940	20 34 32.3	+28 16 49	OCL (III2m)		6.3	25.00	Cl, vB, vL, vRi, cC, st pL	OCL 141
NGC 7052	21 18 33.0	+26 26 50	Gx (E5)	13.6	12.6	2.10 × 1.1	F, S, vlE, r	UGC 11718, MCG 4-50-6, CGCG 471-5
NGC 7080	21 30 01.9	+26 43 06	Gx (SBb)	13.1	12.3	1.80 × 1.7	vF, S, vlE	UGC 11756, MCG 4-50-12, CGCG 471-11, NPM1G +26.0474, IRAS 21278+2629
IC 1299	19 22 42.0	+20 44 24	OCL	14.0		2.00 × 1.0	S Cl of vF st
IC 1305	19 39 18.0	+20 11 40	*Grp				vF, * 9.5 at sf end	CED 169
IC 1307	19 42 29.0	+27 45 06	*Grp				F, vL, E ns, st inv	incl. "dark space"
IC 1314	20 17 47.0	+25 05 48	*Grp			25.00	F, pL, partly resolved
IC 4954	20 04 45.0	+29 15 12	RN			3.00 × 3.0	D neb , iF, 11 close	LBN 153, CED 175
IC 4955	20 04 53.0	+29 11 24	RN			5.00 × 5.0	Fine neb * 12	LBN 153, CED 175

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154	Yale Bright Star Catalog, 15. Oktober 2020; tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.html
277	«Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge» von Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke (2021-02-17)