56-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 56-Aql is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:18 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 27° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:13.
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Name
56-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h54m08s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°34'27" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 5.79 (V) [2] 7.93 (BT) [2] 5.97 (VT) [2] 5.06 (G) [4] 6.02 (BP) [4] 4.08 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 181.7 parsec 592.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.66 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 20.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 161.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.51 |
Sources