36 Sextantis

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:28 | Tran: 17:38 | Set: 23:47

Alt: 21.29° Az: 114.76° Direction: South-South-West

36 Sextantis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sextans.

36 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 46m 28s

Declination +02° 21’ 12”

Hour Angle 20h 08m 32s

Sidereal Time 06h 55m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 45m 09s

Declination +02° 29’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 246.68°

Galactic Latitude 51.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.28

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.18

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature 4289K

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

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 196.08

Distance (light year) 639.22

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93102

SAO Catalogue SAO118473

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52584

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 2408

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 87.6° RISE 11:28

Max altitude: 40.9° TRANSIT 17:38

Azimuth: 272.4° SET 23:47

Set Location

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