14 Vulpeculae is a white main-sequence star in the constellation Vulpecula. At 160 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.68. The star's age is estimated to be 1.7 billion years but is certainly no less than 1.6 billion years and no greater than 1.8 billion years. The iron abundance of 14 Vulpeculae is -0.23 (58.9% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 41.2 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 16,600 and 24,000 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It will come closest to the Sun 1.1 million years from now when it will brighten to magnitude 3.63 from a distance of 62 light years.
Sky position: RA 19h 59.2m, Dec +23° 6'
Common designations: 14 Vulpeculae, HIP 98375, HD 189410, HR 7641
Glow-in-the-dark
Moon Calendar Magnet Glows for hours and
will fascinate everyone!
Galactic Orbit of
14 Vulpeculae
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity:
18.4%
vs. 16.0%
Angle φ :
178.4°vs.
26.0°
Semi-major axis :
6,229
pc vs.
8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis:
6,123
pc vs.
8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
:
1,148 pcvs.
1,388 pc
Semilatus rectum :
6,018
pc vs.
8,464 pc
Perigalacticon:
5,082
pc vs.
7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
:
7,377
pcvs.
10,074 pc
Some Tabulated
XHIP Data for 14 Vulpeculae
(see also:
SIMBAD)
