β Sextantis (beta Sextantis)

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:39 | Tran: 10:33 | Set: 16:27

Alt: 36.86° Az: 165.60° Direction: South-South-East

β Sextantis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Sextans.

β Sextantis visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, β 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 β Sextantis (beta Sextantis) star

DSS2 image of β Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Sextantis during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 31m 33s

Declination -00° 45’ 52”

Hour Angle 23h 14m 06s

Sideral Time 09h 45m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 30m 17s

Declination -00° 38’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 246.42°

Galactic Latitude 46.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for β Sextantis (beta Sextantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.09

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.03

Spectral Type B6V

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Sextantis is distant 344.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 105.71

Distance (light year) 344.61

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.04 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation β Sextantis
(beta Sextantis)

Flamsteed designation 30 Sextantis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD90994

SAO Catalogue SAO137608

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP51437

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2663

FK5 Catalogue 2841

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Bet Sex

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 90.8° RISE 4:39

Max altitude: 37.8° TRANSIT 10:33

Azimuth: 269.2° SET 16:27

Set Location

Other stars in Sextans