18-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 18-Sex is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:07 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 39° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:32.
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Name
18-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h10m55s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°25'07" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.63 (V) [2] 7.34 (BT) [2] 5.77 (VT) [2] 5.23 (G) [4] 5.89 (BP) [4] 4.44 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 171.2 parsec 558.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.34 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 44.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 180.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.54 |
Sources