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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR56

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 64.30°   Az: 267.10°   Direction: West

HR56 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR56 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR56 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 HR56 star
DSS2 image of HR56. The red arrow shows the motion of HR56 during the next 10000 years (7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 17m 42s
+43° 44’ 08”
02h 27m 20s
02h 45m 02s

J2000

00h 16m 21s
+43° 35’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

116.23°
-18.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR56.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Main-sequence
HR56 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

1.31
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR56 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR56. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR56 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR56 double sysyem:

6.15
10.05
3.9
9.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR56 is distant 303.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

93.02
303.26
2 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO36221
SAO36221

Visibility from Your Location

HR56 is circumpolar and transits at 08:24 UTC (altitude: 82.3°)