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56 Andromedae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:20 | Tran: 3:15 | Set: 14:06
Alt: 21.21°   Az: 56.09°   Direction: North-East

56 Andromedae is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Andromeda.

56 Andromedae visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 56 Andromedae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 56 Andromedae star
DSS2 image of 56 Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Andromedae during the next 1000 years (3.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 57m 37s
+37° 22’ 18”
17h 07m 08s
19h 04m 45s

J2000

01h 56m 09s
+37° 15’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

136.96°
-23.85°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 56 Andromedae star
Simplified finder chart for 56 Andromedae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Hypergiant

0.71
K0III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Andromedae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Andromedae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

56 Andromedae is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 56 Andromedae double sysyem:

5.67
5.87
0.2
190.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Andromedae is distant 320.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 59 kilometers per second.

98.23
320.24
59 km/s
0.182 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

56 Andromedae
SAO55107
SAO55107

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Andromedae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.6°
Max altitude: 75.9°
Azimuth: 307.4°