Its story
Xi Oct has a visual magnitude of about 5.30: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Xi Oct: right ascension 22h 50m 23s, declination −80° 7′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).
Xi Oct. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 112781, HD 215573, Gaia DR3 6351882320090933248. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 112781
- Right ascension
- 22h 50m 23s
- Declination
- −80° 07′ 26″
- Magnitude
- 5.30
- Distance
- ≈ 514 ly
Data: gaia-dr3