17-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 17-Sex is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:26 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 40° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
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Name
17-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 10h10m07s [2] |
| Declination: | −08°24'29" [2] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 5.90 (V) [2] 5.92 (BT) [2] 5.90 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 182.8 parsec 596.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 30.6 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 268.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.41 |
Sources