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GCIRS 8

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Right ascension: 17h 45m 40.14s
Declination: −28° 59′ 58.7″
Galactic l, b: 359.95, -0.04222

Also known as

6 identifiers

GCIRS 8[BSD96] 78[FNS2015] 477Galactic Center IRS 8Gal Center IRS 8Sgr A IRS 8

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
CXOGC J174540.0-290005	X	6.562″	—
SWIFT J174540.2-290005	X	7.718″	—
OH 359.954-00.041	OH/IR*	10.94″	—
USNO-A2.0 0600-28577051	Star	14.73″	—
[SSJ82] Star A	Star	14.96″	—
OH 359.955-00.042	Maser	15.4″	—
[PGM2006] E89	Star	17.15″	—
CXOU J174540.1-290016	X	17.41″	—
GCIRS 15N	WolfRayet*	17.6″	—
[GKM98] S11-5	Star	17.78″	—
GCIRS 15NE	WolfRayet*	17.8″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/gcirs-8 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.