HD 190056 explained

HD 190056 is a class K1III (orange giant) star in the constellation Sagittarius. Its apparent magnitude is 4.99 and it is approximately 291 light years away based on parallax.

It is a suspected variable, and the primary has one companion, B, with magnitude 12.7 and separation 54.4".^[1]

Notes and References

1. 2001AJ....122.3466M . 10.1086/323920 . The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog . The Astronomical Journal . 122 . 6 . 3466 . 2001 . Mason . Brian D. . Wycoff . Gary L. . Hartkopf . William I. . Douglass . Geoffrey G. . Worley . Charles E. . free . Vizier catalog entry