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| Abbreviation: Vul |
| English Name: The Fox |
| Genitive: Vulpeculae |
| Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere |
| Location: Between the constellations of Cygnus and Sagitta. |
| Visible between latitudes: +90 and -55 degrees |
| Best season: Summer |
| Seen in three seasons: Spring, Summer, and Autumn |
| Best seen in: August (map) |
| Seen between: March and November |
| Right Ascension (RA): 20 hour |
| Declination (DEC): +25 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 268 (55th) |
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Vulpecula (The Fox)
- A dim constellation of Vulpecula – lies in Milky-Way to the south of Cygnus (The Swan), it is relatively small and contains just a few objects of interest.
o - It contains the Dumbbell Nebula – the easiest planetary nebula to see in the sky, myself I had seen it by naked-eye under a very good cold-air dark condition.
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Vulpecula
| M27 – Planetary Nebula; known as Dumbbell Nebula – bluish and large, non-circular shape is detachable with binoculars, but about 8-inch is required for the dumbbell appearance to be clearly visible. (Magnitude: +7.6; a larger telescope will reveal its magnitude +13.0 central star.) (photo: [1] / [2] ) |
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More objects in Vulpecula
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 0x objects |
| Caldwell (C) | 1x object |
| Collinder (Cr) | 8x objects |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 20x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 6x objects |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 9x objects |
Features of Interest
- NGC 6882 / NGC 6885 – a pair of Open Clusters; weak concentration, may be viewed together with a wide field. Clearly seen with 4-inch telescope but considerably improved with a larger telescope. Located immediately North West of the Open Cluster NGC 6685 – known as Caldwell (37); around 30 stars detected, very bright & large.
o - Cr 399 – Amateur image of an asterism Collinder 399 and surroundings Brocchi’s Cluster (also known Al Sufi’s Cluster) is a asterism of 10 stars. Six of the stars appear in an row, across 1.3° of the night sky.
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Named Stars
- Anser (Alpha Vul)
- more list of stars in Vulpecula
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Planetarium / Constellation Map
| Live constellation visible from the UK :- Planetarium (Vulpecula) | Best Seen in: August (map) | Seen between: March and November |
IAU Sky Chart: Vulpecula
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Constellations – Visible from the UK
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Parts visible from the UK
| Antlia | Columba | Eridanus | Fornax | Microscopium | ||
| Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Sagittarius | Scorpius | ||
| Sculptor |
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK
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