56 Pegasi

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:32 | Tran: 6:01 | Set: 14:27

Alt: -7.89° Az: 331.01° Direction: South-West

56 Pegasi is a variable supergiant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pegasus.

56 Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, 56 Pegasi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 08m 21s

Declination +25° 36’ 23”

Hour Angle 09h 51m 21s

Sidereal Time 08h 59m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 07m 06s

Declination +25° 28’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 95.12°

Galactic Latitude -31.71°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.76

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.32

Spectral Type G8I

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 537.07

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.4° RISE 21:32

Max altitude: 64.1° TRANSIT 6:01

Azimuth: 295.6° SET 14:27

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus