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Star · F0

14 Vul

14 Vul is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0 in the constellation Vulpecula, 173.7 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 98375
ConstellationVulpecula
Distance173.7 light-years (53.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.68
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.05
Spectral typeF0
Surface temperature7,190 K
Luminosity13 L☉
Radius2.32 R☉
Mass1.9 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 59m 10.5s
Declination (J2000)+23° 06′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.68). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1852. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 14 Vul, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.46, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 100259 14.8 light-years
  • HD 188015 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 99792 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 97509 18.6 light-years
  • η Sge 20.0 light-years

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.