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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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56 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:52 | Tran: 12:32 | Set: 21:11
Alt: 64.13°   Az: 205.83°   Direction: South-South-West

56 Arietis is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aries.

56 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 56 Arietis 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 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 56 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Arietis during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 13m 45s
+27° 21’ 03”
00h 49m 25s
04h 03m 11s

J2000

03h 12m 14s
+27° 15’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

157.68°
-25.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 56 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
56 Arietis is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

0.51
B9
11920K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Arietis is distant 371.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

113.90
371.30
11 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75788
SAO75788

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 62.6°
Max altitude: 65.9°
Azimuth: 297.4°