1 Vulpeculae

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1 Vulpeculae
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Location of 1 Vulpeculae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 19h 16m 13.0392s [1]
Declination 21° 23 25.544 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.77 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B4IV [3]
U−B color index -0.54 [2]
B−V color index -0.05 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−17.00 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −0.383±0.141 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −5.809±0.152 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.2065 ± 0.1557  mas [1]
Distance 780 ± 30  ly
(238 ± 9  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)-2.20 [3]
Details
Mass 6.9 [5]   M
Luminosity 919 [3]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.74 [6]   cgs
Temperature 16,787 [6]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 [6]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)80 [7]  km/s
Other designations
CCDM  J19162+2123A, BD+21 3713, FK5  3540, GC  26569, GSC 01611-02043, 2MASS J19161302+2123257, HIP  94703, HR  7306, HD  180554, SAO  87010, WDS  J19162+2123A
Database references
SIMBAD data

1 Vulpeculae is a class B4IV [3] (blue subgiant) star in the constellation Vulpecula. Its apparent magnitude is 4.77 [2] and it is approximately 780 light years away based on parallax. [1]

The primary was discovered to be a spectroscopic binary in 1978 with a period around 250 days although the orbital elements are described as marginal. [8] There are also companions B, with magnitude 11.6 and separation 39.1", and C, with magnitude 12.8 and separation 43.6". [9] [10]

Component A is also a suspected variable star, reported to vary from 4.57 to 4.77 in magnitude. [11] It was reported as possibly variable in 1952 during a search for β CMa variables, [12] but has not been seen to vary since. It was listed as one of the least variable stars based on Hipparcos photometry. [13]

On 29 May 1983, 1 Vulpeculae was occulted by the asteroid Pallas. This event was observed at 130 locations in the United States and Mexico and was the best observed of all asteroid occultation events. [14]

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