23 Sextantis
Above the horizon.
Rise: 3:55 | Tran: 10:04 | Set: 16:13
Alt: 37.90°
Az: 205.68°
Direction: South-South-West
23 Sextantis is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Sextans.
23 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.66. Because of its faintness, 23 Sextantis is not visible to the naked eye.
DSS2 image of 23 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Sextantis during the next
100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 23 Sextantis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 23 Sextantis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Sextantis is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Sextantis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
23 Sextantis is distant 1,752.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's 23 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):