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 (click to change), α-Sextans is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:24 (EDT) – 3 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 31° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:17.
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Name
α-Sextans
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Object Type
Star
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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 lightyears [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 14.5 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 232.9° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 0.27 |