13 Vulpeculae

13 Vulpeculae
Location of 13 Vulpeculae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
13 Vulpeculae A
Right ascension 19h 53m 27.6957s
Declination 24° 04 46.608
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.584±0.008
13 Vulpeculae B
Right ascension 19h 53m 27.6102s
Declination 24° 04 46.077
Characteristics
Spectral type B9.5III
Apparent magnitude (U) 4.404±0.012
Apparent magnitude (B) 4.536±0.010
Astrometry
13 Vulpeculae A
Radial velocity (Rv)−28.10 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 22.325±0.065 mas/yr
Dec.: 36.510±0.072 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.6342±0.0902 mas
Distance339 ± 3 ly
(103.8 ± 1.0 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.48
13 Vulpeculae B
Proper motion (μ) RA: 14.037±0.135 mas/yr
Dec.: 32.954±0.131 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.8828 ± 0.1524 mas
Distance330 ± 5 ly
(101 ± 2 pc)
Orbit
Period (P)615.25±104.12 yr
Semi-major axis (a)1.555±0.241
Eccentricity (e)0.079±0.042
Inclination (i)85.9±1.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)68.1±0.3°
Periastron epoch (T)2027.82±94.79
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
169.7±4.4°
Details
13 Vul A
Radius1.3 R
Luminosity180 L
Temperature8,801 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)45.0 km/s
Other designations
13 Vul, BD+23°3820, GC 27544, HD 188260, HIP 97886, HR 7592, SAO 87883, CCDM J19535+2405AB, WDS J19535+2405AB, 2MASS J19532768+2404464
Database references
SIMBADdata

13 Vulpeculae is a blue giant with a stellar classification of class B9.5III in the northern constellation Vulpecula. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.57 and it is approximately 339 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. The star is radiating 180 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,801 K.

There is one reported companion, designated component B, with a magnitude of 7.37, an orbital period of roughly 615 years, and an angular separation of 1.55. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −28 km/s.