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25 Sextantis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:06 | Tran: 0:47 | Set: 6:24
Alt: 31.61°   Az: 155.70°   Direction: South-South-East

25 Sextantis is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Sextans.

25 Sextantis visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, 25 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.

Image of 25 Sextantis star
DSS2 image of 25 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 24m 42s
-04° 12’ 07”
22h 37m 42s
09h 02m 25s

J2000

10h 23m 26s
-04° 04’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

248.33°
42.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 25 Sextantis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.97
25 Sextantis is also a SiCrSr chemically peculiar star.

0.81
B9
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Sextantis is distant 351.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

107.76
351.29
23 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

25 Sextantis
SAO137533
SAO137533

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.2°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 265.8°