13 Sextantis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:43 | Tran: 16:57 | Set: 23:10

Alt: 27.16° Az: 123.21° Direction: South-South-West

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

Right Ascension 10h 05m 27s

Declination +03° 04’ 36”

Hour Angle 20h 47m 12s

Sidereal Time 06h 52m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 04m 08s

Declination +03° 12’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 236.44°

Galactic Latitude 43.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Sextantis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.75

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

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

Distance (parsec) 54.95

Distance (light year) 179.12

Proper Motion RA -0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.097"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87301

SAO Catalogue SAO118086

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49329

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 2311

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):

Azimuth: 86.9° RISE 10:43

Max altitude: 41.6° TRANSIT 16:57

Azimuth: 273.1° SET 23:10

Set Location

Other stars in Sextans