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public  Caijiazha, China Caijiazha, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:28 
Transit: 12:27 
Sunset: 19:26
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7 Sextantis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:50 | Tran: 14:53 | Set: 20:57
Alt: 50.09°   Az: 129.97°   Direction: South-East

7 Sextantis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Sextans.

7 Sextantis visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Sextantis star
DSS2 image of 7 Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Sextantis during the next 1000 years (-3.02 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 53m 31s
+02° 20’ 00”
22h 02m 05s
07h 55m 36s

J2000

09h 52m 12s
+02° 27’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

234.98°
40.57°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Hypergiant

-1.52
A0V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Sextantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Sextantis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Sextantis is distant 1,048.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 97 kilometers per second.

321.54
1,048.23
97 km/s
-0.181 arcsec/y
0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

7 Sextantis
SAO117959
SAO117959

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Caijiazha, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 87.7°
Max altitude: 61.4°
Azimuth: 272.3°