19 Vulpeculae

19 Vulpeculae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 20h 11m 47.9738s
Declination 26° 48 32.3736
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.40
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 IIIa
B−V color index 1.40
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−19.33±0.11 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1.619±0.119 mas/yr
Dec.: −10.600±0.122 mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.9328±0.0779 mas
Distance1,690 ± 70 ly
(520 ± 20 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.60
Details
Mass4.94±0.53 M
Radius100.3+1.7
−3.0
 R
Luminosity2,889±145 L
Surface gravity (log g)1.40 cgs
Temperature4,200 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)< 3.4 km/s
Other designations
19 Vul, BD+26° 3825, HD 192004, HIP 99518, HR 7718, SAO 88330
Database references
SIMBADdata

19 Vulpeculae is star located approximately 1,690 light years from Earth in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. It is a probable member of the open cluster NGC 6882. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.40. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19 km/s.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K2 IIIa, having already consumed the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. It has nearly five times the mass of the Sun but has expanded to around 100 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 2,889 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,200 K.