γ-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , γ-Sex is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:58, 40° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:34, when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
γ-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h52m30s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°06'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 5.11 (V) [2] 5.16 (BT) [2] 5.11 (VT) [2] 5.78 (G) [4] 5.07 (BP) [4] 5.01 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 85.1 parsec 277.4 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 75.5 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 229.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.46 |
Sources