36 Sextantis

36 Sextantis is a giant star in the constellation of Sextans.

36 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its reltive faintness, 36 Sextantis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 36 Sextantis:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 36 Sextantis

36 Sextantis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 36 Sextantis are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 36 Sextantis in the sky:

Visibility of 36 Sextantis from your location

Today's 36 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of 36 Sextantis

The image below is a photograph of 36 Sextantis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 36 Sextantis is -0.051 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 36 Sextantis from the Sun and relative movement

36 Sextantis is distant 639.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of 36 Sextantis

36 Sextantis belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of 36 Sextantis