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Conjugacy and the Class Equation · Easy problem

D8D_8 is the group of symmetries of a regular octagon (order 1616), with rotation rr (r8=er^8=e) and a reflection ss satisfying srs−1=r−1srs^{-1}=r^{-1}. What is ∣CD8(s)∣|C_{D_8}(s)|, the order of the centralizer of ss?