Its story
56 Sgr has a visual magnitude of about 4.57: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 56 Sgr: right ascension 19h 46m 22s, declination −19° 45′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).
56 Sgr. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97290, HD 186648, Gaia DR3 6868679345227206784. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 97290
- Right ascension
- 19h 46m 22s
- Declination
- −19° 45′ 41″
- Magnitude
- 4.57
- Distance
- ≈ 215 ly
Data: gaia-dr3