56-Per (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , 56-Per is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:45 (PST), 22° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:19, 89° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:00, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name 56-Per
Object type Star
Other names
56-Per
56 Persei
HR 1379[1]
HD 27786
NSV 1592
HIP 20591[3]
TYC 2380-2429-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:04h24m37s [2]
Declination:+33°57'34" [2]
Constellation:Perseus
Magnitude:
Variable
5.80 (V) [2]
6.25 (BT) [2]
5.84 (VT) [2]
Distance:40.6 parsec
132.4 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.35
Proper motion (speed):99.7 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):145.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.76

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