OGLE-TR-56 is a dim, distant, magnitude 17 Sun-like star located approximately 1,500 parsecs (4,900 light-years) away in the constellation of Sagittarius.
[1] This star is listed as an eclipsing type variable star with the eclipse due to the passage of the planet as noted in the discovery papers.
[5] In 2002, a possible planet was discovered transiting the star,[5] and after additional observations to rule out false positives, it was confirmed.
At the time of discovery it was the shortest-period planet.
This variable star–related article is a stub.