56 Sagittarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:30 | Tran: 2:45 | Set: 6:57

Alt: -32.61° Az: 80.72° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 19h 47m 50s

Declination -19° 41’ 49”

Hour Angle 16h 08m 01s

Sidereal Time 11h 55m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 46m 21s

Declination -19° 45’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 20.65°

Galactic Latitude -20.67°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.86

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

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

Distance (parsec) 62.81

Distance (light year) 204.77

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.129 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.089"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD186648

SAO Catalogue SAO162964

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97290

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 5698

FK5 Catalogue 1517

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° RISE 22:30

Max altitude: 18.8° TRANSIT 2:45

Azimuth: 250.3° SET 6:57

Set Location

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