Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:08
warning Set your observing location to get relevant data
Search  close
All Constellations » Octans » 

ξ Octantis (xi Octantis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -42.80°   Az: 187.36°   Direction: South

ξ Octantis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Octans.

ξ Octantis visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, ξ Octantis 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 ξ Octantis (xi Octantis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Octantis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Octantis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 52m 38s
-79° 59’ 17”
02h 10m 56s
01h 03m 35s

J2000

22h 50m 22s
-80° 07’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

309.03°
-35.53°

Finder Chart

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for ξ Octantis (xi Octantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Sub-giant

-0.32
B6IV
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ξ Octantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ξ Octantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Octantis is distant 443.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

136.05
443.54
16 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Octantis
(xi Octantis)
SAO258946
SAO258946

Visibility from Your Location

ξ Octantis (xi Octantis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK