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56 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:53 | Tran: 10:05 | Set: 14:16
Alt: 13.63°   Az: 149.49°   Direction: South-South-East

56 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

56 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.86. Because of its moderate brightness, 56 Sagittarii 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.

Image of 56 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 56 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Sagittarii during the next 1000 years (-2.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 47m 49s
-19° 41’ 53”
21h 53m 35s
17h 41m 25s

J2000

19h 46m 21s
-19° 45’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

20.65°
-20.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 56 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.86
Giant

0.87
K1III
4917K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Sagittarii is distant 204.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

62.81
204.77
20 km/s
-0.129 arcsec/y
-0.089"/y

Alternative Designations

56 Sagittarii
SAO162964
SAO162964

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 109.7°
Max altitude: 18.8°
Azimuth: 250.3°