56 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:24 | Tran: 22:07 | Set: 2:54

Alt: -45.42° Az: 45.27° Direction: North-East

56 Aquarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Aquarius.

56 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, 56 Aquarii 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.

DSS2 image of 56 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 31m 36s

Declination -14° 27’ 29”

Hour Angle 14h 03m 57s

Sideral Time 12h 35m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 30m 17s

Declination -14° 35’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 46.61°

Galactic Latitude -54.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 56 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.07

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Aquarii is distant 633.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 194.17

Distance (light year) 633.01

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.039 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213236

SAO Catalogue SAO165127

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111086

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 6231

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.5° RISE 17:24

Max altitude: 24.1° TRANSIT 22:07

Azimuth: 255.5° SET 2:54

Set Location

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