8 Piscis Austrini

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:02 | Tran: 21:29 | Set: 1:00

Alt: -18.78° Az: 108.53° Direction: East-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 21h 37m 36s

Declination -26° 03’ 34”

Hour Angle 18h 08m 53s

Sideral Time 15h 46m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 36m 11s

Declination -26° 10’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 22.61°

Galactic Latitude -46.64°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 8 Piscis Austrini.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.73

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.07

Spectral Type A7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature 8011K

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

Main star magnitude 5.73

Secondary star magnitude 13.93

Magnitude difference 8.2

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 53.85

Distance (light year) 175.55

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.111 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD205471

SAO Catalogue SAO190478

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106654

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2615702

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1° RISE 18:02

Max altitude: 12.5° TRANSIT 21:29

Azimuth: 243.9° SET 1:00

Set Location

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