Vulpecula
the Fox
A
faint constellation at the head of Cygnus the Swan. It originated
with the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius who called it Vulpecula
cum Anser, the Fox and Goose. Alas the Goose is now more, did the Fox
get him?
In
1967 this diminutive constellation was the site of the astounding
discovery of the first Pulsar by Jocelyn Bell Burnell using radio
telescopes at the university of Cambridge .
Alpha
magnitude 4.4 is a M1 red giant star with a temperature of 3,500’C
degrees and is 297 light years away.
The
famous Dumb Bell Nebula M27 is in Vulpecula but at magnitude 7.5 it
requires at least binoculars to find it.
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