Altered stella octangula

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Altered stella octangula
Altered stella octangula.png
Rank3
TypeUniform
SpaceSpherical
Elements
Components2 tetrahedra
Faces8 triangles
Edges4+8
Vertices8
Vertex figureTriangle, edge length 1
Measures (edge length 1)
Circumradius
Inradius
Volume
Dihedral angle
Central density2
Number of external pieces24
Level of complexity3
Related polytopes
ArmyRectra
DualAltered stella octangula
ConjugateNone
Convex coreDigonal scalenohedron
Abstract & topological properties
Flag count48
OrientableYes
Properties
Symmetry(B2×A1)/2, order 8
ConvexNo
NatureTame

The altered stella octangula is a uniform polyhedron compound. It is a variation of the stella octangula with digonal antiprismatic symmetry.

It appears as the vertex figure and combo-cell of the compound of 10 pentachora.