26-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 26-Sex is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 38° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:32, 47° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:29, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
26-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h26m36s [3] |
| Declination: | −00°59'16" [3] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 6.32 (V) [1] 8.24 (BT) [1] 6.48 (VT) [1] 5.81 (G) [3] 6.59 (BP) [3] 4.96 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 265.4 parsec 865.3 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.49 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 49.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 280.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.80 |
Sources