12 Sextantis
Above the horizon.
Rise: 5:14 | Tran: 11:29 | Set: 17:43
Alt: 35.87°
Az: 142.71°
Direction: South-East
12 Sextantis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Sextans.
12 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.7. Because of its faintness, 12 Sextantis is not visible to the naked eye.
DSS2 image of 12 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Sextantis during the next
10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 12 Sextantis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 12 Sextantis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Sextantis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
12 Sextantis is distant 241.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's 12 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):