Star in the constellation Vulpecula
15 Vulpeculae is a variable star in the northern constellation of Vulpecula , located approximately 243 light years away based on parallax.[ 1] It has the variable star designation NT Vulpeculae ; 15 Vulpeculae is the Flamsteed designation . It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a typical apparent visual magnitude of 4.66.[ 2] This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −26 km/s.[ 6]
An ultraviolet band light curve for NT Vulpeculae, adapted from Kuvshinov et al. (1976)[ 10]
This is an Am star with a stellar classification of A4 IIIm,[ 3] matching an evolved A-type giant star . However, Gray & Garrison (1989) found a class of kA5hA7mA7 (IV–V),[ 4] which matches a blend of subgiant and main sequence luminosity classes with the K-line (kA5) of an A5 star and the hydrogen (hA7) and metal (mA7) absorption lines of an A7 star. It is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum -type variable with magnitude ranging from 4.62 down to 4.67 over a period of 14 days.[ 3] The star is radiating 60[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,084 K.[ 7]
References
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^ Kuvshinov, V. M.; Hildebrandt, G.; Schoeneich, W. (January 1976). "Photoelektrische Untersuchungen des Magnetfeldes und der Helligkeit der Am-Sterne 15 VUL und 68 Tau" . Astronomische Nachrichten . 297 (4): 181–188. Bibcode :1976AN....297..181K . doi :10.1002/asna.19762970405 . Retrieved 26 May 2022 .