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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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4 Sextantis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:07 | Tran: 17:26 | Set: 23:46
Alt: 36.09°   Az: 219.70°   Direction: South-West

4 Sextantis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Sextans.

4 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, 4 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 4 Sextantis star
DSS2 image of 4 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Sextantis during the next 1000 years (-2.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.92 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 51m 49s
+04° 13’ 25”
02h 04m 40s
11h 56m 30s

J2000

09h 50m 30s
+04° 20’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

232.58°
41.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 4 Sextantis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Main-sequence

2.93
F7V
6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Sextantis is distant 149.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

45.91
149.68
17 km/s
-0.147 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

4 Sextantis
SAO117937
SAO117937

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.8°
Max altitude: 42.7°
Azimuth: 274.2°