19 Sextantis

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:30 | Tran: 19:50 | Set: 2:15

Alt: 24.18° Az: 115.24° Direction: East-South-East

19 Sextantis is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sextans.

19 Sextantis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 14m 07s

Declination +04° 29’ 18”

Hour Angle 20h 16m 33s

Sidereal Time 06h 30m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 12m 48s

Declination +04° 36’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 236.56°

Galactic Latitude 46.03°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.27

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Sextantis is distant 526.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 161.55

Distance (light year) 526.66

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD88547

SAO Catalogue SAO118164

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50027

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 2301

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.5° RISE 13:30

Max altitude: 43.0° TRANSIT 19:50

Azimuth: 274.5° SET 2:15

Set Location

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