7 Sextantis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:47 | Tran: 16:57 | Set: 23:06

Alt: 40.85° Az: 179.49° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 09h 53m 31s

Declination +02° 20’ 01”

Hour Angle 23h 58m 28s

Sidereal Time 09h 51m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 52m 12s

Declination +02° 27’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 234.98°

Galactic Latitude 40.57°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.52

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

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

Distance (parsec) 321.54

Distance (light year) 1,048.23

Radial Speed 97 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.181 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD85504

SAO Catalogue SAO117959

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48414

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 2280

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4656

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Sextantis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.7° RISE 10:47

Max altitude: 40.9° TRANSIT 16:57

Azimuth: 272.3° SET 23:06

Set Location

Other stars in Sextans