56-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 56-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 43° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:34, 84° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:51, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
56-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h56m09s [4] |
| Declination: | +37°15'06" [4] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 5.67 (V) [2] 7.04 (BT) [2] 5.79 (VT) [2] 5.39 (G) [4] 5.93 (BP) [4] 4.70 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 100.4 parsec 327.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 183.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 86.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.66 |
Sources