56 Pegasi

56 Pegasi is a variable supergiant star in the constellation of Pegasus.

56 Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, 56 Pegasi should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 56 Pegasi:

Color of 56 Pegasi ⬤

Magnitude of 56 Pegasi 4.76

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 56 Pegasi is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 3°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 56 Pegasi

56 Pegasi is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 56 Pegasi are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 07m 06s

Declination J2000 +25° 28’ 05”

Galactic Longitude 95.12°

Galactic Latitude -31.71°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 56 Pegasi in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 56 Pegasi.

Visibility of 56 Pegasi from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 64.5° RISE 22:57

Max altitude: 64.0° TRANSIT 7:25

Azimuth: 295.5° SET 15:49

RIGHT NOW 56 Pegasi is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 56 Pegasi

The image below is a photograph of 56 Pegasi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 56 Pegasi is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.031 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 56 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 56 Pegasi from the Sun and relative movement

56 Pegasi is distant 537.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 164.74 pc

Distance (light year) 537.07 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.031 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 56 Pegasi

56 Pegasi belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.32

Spectral Type G8I

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature of 56 Pegasi 4051K

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

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

Alternative designations of 56 Pegasi

Flamsteed designation 56 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218356

SAO Catalogue SAO91019

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114155

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 4716

FK5 Catalogue 3848

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14429

In Evidence

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