56 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:21 | Tran: 19:36 | Set: 0:51

Alt: -45.28° Az: 338.61° Direction: North-North-West

56 Aquilae is a double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Aquila.

56 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 56 Aquilae 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 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 55m 28s

Declination -08° 30’ 28”

Hour Angle 10h 59m 51s

Sideral Time 06h 55m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 54m 08s

Declination -08° 34’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 32.28°

Galactic Latitude -17.8°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 56 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.38

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.64

Temperature 3594K

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

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

Star System Properties

56 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 56 Aquilae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.79

Secondary star magnitude 11.89

Magnitude difference 6.1

Separation 46.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Aquilae is distant 394.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 120.92

Distance (light year) 394.20

Radial Speed -50 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188154

SAO Catalogue SAO143894

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97928

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 5150

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 98.5° RISE 14:21

Max altitude: 30.0° TRANSIT 19:36

Azimuth: 261.5° SET 0:51

Set Location

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