17 Sextantis

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:20 | Tran: 11:35 | Set: 16:50

Alt: 13.23° Az: 237.32° Direction: West-South-West

17 Sextantis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Sextans.

17 Sextantis visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, 17 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 17 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 11m 21s

Declination -08° 31’ 49”

Hour Angle 03h 43m 47s

Sideral Time 13h 55m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 10m 07s

Declination -08° 24’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.45°

Galactic Latitude 37.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 17 Sextantis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.91

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Sextantis is distant 526.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 161.55

Distance (light year) 526.66

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 17 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD88195

SAO Catalogue SAO137385

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49812

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 2972

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.5° RISE 6:20

Max altitude: 30.0° TRANSIT 11:35

Azimuth: 261.5° SET 16:50

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

Location

Other stars in Sextans