14 Sextantis

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:51 | Tran: 11:16 | Set: 17:42

Alt: -20.01° Az: 51.60° Direction: North-East

14 Sextantis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sextans.

14 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 08m 04s

Declination +05° 29’ 24”

Hour Angle 15h 10m 51s

Sideral Time 01h 18m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 06m 47s

Declination +05° 36’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 234.17°

Galactic Latitude 45.35°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 14 Sextantis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.08

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Sextantis is distant 345.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 105.93

Distance (light year) 345.34

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87682

SAO Catalogue SAO118111

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49530

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 2259

FK5 Catalogue 2811

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.5° RISE 4:51

Max altitude: 44.0° TRANSIT 11:16

Azimuth: 275.5° SET 17:42

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sextans