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public  Abucay, Philippines Abucay, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 18:30
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8 Piscis Austrini

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:43 | Tran: 2:11 | Set: 7:40
Alt: 48.94°   Az: 186.67°   Direction: South

8 Piscis Austrini is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

8 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 8 Piscis Austrini is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 8 Piscis Austrini star
DSS2 image of 8 Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Piscis Austrini during the next 1000 years (1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 37m 39s
-26° 03’ 21”
00h 19m 29s
21h 57m 08s

J2000

21h 36m 11s
-26° 10’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

22.61°
-46.64°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Sub-giant

2.07
A7IV
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

8 Piscis Austrini is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 8 Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

5.73
13.93
8.2
18.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Piscis Austrini is distant 175.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

53.85
175.55
-19 km/s
0.111 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

8 Piscis Austrini
SAO190478
SAO190478

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Abucay, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 116.1°
Max altitude: 49.2°
Azimuth: 243.9°