ε-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ε-Sex is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:24 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 39° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:29.
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Name
ε-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h17m37s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°04'08" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 5.25 (V) [2] 5.62 (BT) [2] 5.28 (VT) [2] 5.17 (G) [4] 5.33 (BP) [4] 4.89 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 62.7 parsec 204.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.29 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 160.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 271.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.26 |
Sources