How to see it
8 Lac has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 8 Lac: right ascension 22h 35m 52s, declination +39° 37′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lacerta constellation (IAU figure Lac).
Catalog context
8 Lac. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 111544, HD 214168, Gaia DR3 1908368593700046720. In the SkyKeepsake Lacerta (Lac) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1908368593700046720
- HIP
- 111544
- HD
- 214168
- gaia_dr3
- 1908368593700046720
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 8 Lac
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.44