β-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , β-Sex is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is 2° below the horizon at dusk.
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Name
β-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h30m17s [4] |
| Declination: | −00°38'13" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.05 (V) [2] 4.89 (BT) [2] 5.04 (VT) [2] 5.04 (G) [4] 4.98 (BP) [4] 5.15 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 112.5 parsec 366.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.13 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 45.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 239.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.20 |
Sources