α-Sex (Star)

From Fairfield , α-Sex is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:24 (EDT), 41° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:18, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:34, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
Name
α-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 10h07m56s [4] |
Declination: | −00°22'18" [4] |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Magnitude: | 4.48 (V) [2] 4.44 (BT) [2] 4.47 (VT) [2] 4.43 (G) [4] 4.45 (BP) [4] 4.44 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 130.6 parsec 425.7 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
Proper motion (speed): | 16.2 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 233.5° |
Absolute mag (V): | -1.10 |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.