Alpha Vulpeculae

Starbox short
name=α Vulpeculae
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Vulpecula
ra=19^h 28^m 42.3^s
dec=+24° 39' 54"
spectral=M0III
appmag_v=+4.44
absmag_v=-0.36
dist_ly=297 ± 18
dist_pc=91 ± 6
names=Anser, 6 Vulpeculae,
HR 7405, HD 183439,
BD+24°3759, FK5 1508,
HIP 95771, SAO 87261,
GC 26904, BDS 9350,
CCDM 19288+2442

Alpha Vulpeculae (α Vul / α Vulpeculae) is the brightest star in the constellation Vulpecula. It also has traditional names Lukida, Lucida Anseris or Anser. This name is a tradition kept from the time when the constellation Vulpecula had the name "Vulpecula et Anser" 'the fox and the goose'.

Alpha Vulpeculae is a red giant of spectral class M0 and has apparent magnitude +4.44. It is approximately 297 light years from Earth. It forms a wide optical binary with 8 Vulpeculae.