The star α-Sextans
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , α-Sextans is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:20 (EDT) – 3 hours and 45 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 06:01.
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Name
α-Sextans
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Object Type
Star
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Other Names
Position
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 4.48 (V) [2] 4.44 (BT) [2] 4.47 (VT) [2] 4.36 (G) [4] 4.46 (BP) [4] 4.48 (RP) [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Right ascension: | 10h07m56s [4] |
| Declination: | -00°22'18" [4] |
| Distance: | 69.3 parsec 225.8 lightyrs [4] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 14.5 mas/yr [4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 232.9° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.27 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.