A-type star · white star

HR 56

347 lybrightness mag 6.12A2V

Also catalogued as HD 1185 · HIP 1302

9,349 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

35.22× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

347 years

at light speed from Earth

1.62×

as hot as the Sun

35.22×

the Sun's light output

0.98

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 56A-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

32 And →39 ly apart
HR 234 →42 ly apart
24The And →48 ly apart
39 And →54 ly apart
HR 249 →57 ly apart
HR 289 →62 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.