The star α-Sextans
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , α-Sextans is visible between 20:06 and 04:50. It will become accessible at around 20:06, when it rises 18° above your eastern horizon, and then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:30, 50° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:50 when it sinks to 19° above your western horizon.
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Name
α-Sextans
|
Object Type
Star
|
Position
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 4.48 (V)[1] 4.44 (BT)[1] 4.47 (VT)[1] 4.48 (RP)[2] 4.36 (G)[2] 4.46 (BP)[2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Right Ascension: | 10h07m56s [2] |
| Declination: | -00°22'18" [2] |
| Distance: | 69.3 parsec 225.8 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 14.5 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 232.9° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 0.27 |