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ε Sextantis (epsilon Sextantis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:26 | Tran: 11:43 | Set: 16:59
Alt: 16.51°   Az: 232.34°   Direction: South-West

ε Sextantis is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Sextans.

ε Sextantis visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, ε 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 ε Sextantis (epsilon Sextantis) star
DSS2 image of ε Sextantis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Sextantis during the next 1000 years (-2.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.07 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 18m 51s
-08° 11’ 35”
03h 20m 18s
13h 39m 09s

J2000

10h 17m 37s
-08° 04’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

250.79°
38.76°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ε Sextantis (epsilon Sextantis) star
Simplified finder chart for ε Sextantis (epsilon Sextantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Giant

1.50
F2III
7399K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Sextantis is distant 182.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

55.99
182.53
15 km/s
-0.158 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Sextantis
(epsilon Sextantis)
22 Sextantis
SAO137469
SAO137469

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.8°