13 Sextantis
Below the horizon.
Rise: 4:52 | Tran: 11:06 | Set: 17:19
Alt: -18.32°
Az: 59.55°
Direction: East-North-East
13 Sextantis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Sextans.
13 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 13 Sextantis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.
DSS2 image of 13 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Sextantis during the next
1000 years (-1.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.62 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 13 Sextantis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 13 Sextantis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Sextantis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
13 Sextantis is distant 179.12 light years from the Sun
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's 13 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):