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Vulpecula
The Fox

Genitive
Vulpeculae

Abbreviation
Vul

Right Ascension
18h56 to 21h28

Declination
+19.5° to +29.4°

Area (sq deg)
268

Brightest Star
Anser

Optimum Visibility
August

A late addition to the northern sky, this group of stars was originally intended to represent a fox carrying a goose in its jaws. Its most important feature is the Dumbbell Nebula, M27.

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