Vulpecula

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astronomical constellation constellation

Vulpecula is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky, known for containing the Dumbbell Nebula (M27).

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical constellation ⓘ constellation ⓘ
abbreviation	Vul NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees	268 ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth	September ⓘ
borderedBy	Cygnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagitta NERFINISHED ⓘ
brightestStar	Alpha Vulpeculae NERFINISHED ⓘ Anser NERFINISHED ⓘ
constellationType	zodiacal constellation ⓘ
contains	Brocchi’s Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Coathanger asterism NERFINISHED ⓘ Dumbbell Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ H II region Sh2-86 NERFINISHED ⓘ M27 NERFINISHED ⓘ M71 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 71 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6823 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6885 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6940 NERFINISHED ⓘ PSR B1919+21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula OB1 association NERFINISHED ⓘ first discovered radio pulsar ⓘ
containsMeteorShower	Vulpeculids NERFINISHED ⓘ
declination	+25 degrees ⓘ
genitive	Vulpeculae ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeBrightestStar	4.44 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility	Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy	Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ
introductionYear	1687 ⓘ
isPartOf	modern 88 constellations ⓘ
liesNear	Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ northern sky ⓘ
meaningOfName	little fox ⓘ
numberOfMessierObjects	2 ⓘ
rankByArea	55 ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
rightAscension	20 hours ⓘ
sizeDescription	small constellation ⓘ
visibility	faint ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursa Major family → hasMember → Vulpecula ⓘ

first millisecond pulsar PSR B1937+21 → locatedInConstellation → Vulpecula ⓘ

subject surface form: PSR B1937+21

Hercules → borders → Vulpecula ⓘ

constellation Cygnus → borderingConstellation → Vulpecula ⓘ

subject surface form: Cygnus