List of stars in Sextans - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Sextans
Sextans
Sextans is a minor equatorial constellation which was introduced in 1687 by Johannes Hevelius. Its name is Latin for the astronomical sextant, an instrument that Hevelius made frequent use of in his observations.-Notable features:...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Sex Alpha Sextantis Alpha Sextantis is the brightest star in the constellation Sextans. It is a white A-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.48. It is approximately 287 light years from Earth....	α	15	87887	49641	4.48	−0.25	287	A0III
γ Sex Gamma Sextantis Gamma Sextantis is a triple star system in the constellation Sextans. It is approximately 262 light years from Earth. The combined apparent magnitude of the system is +5.07....	γ	8	85558	48437	5.07	0.55	261	A2V	double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
β Sex Beta Sextantis Beta Sextantis is a variable star in the constellation Sextans.Beta Sextantis is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf. It is approximately 345 light years from Earth. It is classified as an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable and its brightness varies from magnitude +5.00 to +5.10...	β	30	90994	51437	5.08	−0.04	345	B6V	α² CVn-type Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable is a type of variable star. These stars are chemically peculiar main sequence stars of spectral class B8p to A7p. They have strong magnetic fields and strong silicon, strontium, or chromium spectral lines... variable star Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
δ Sex Delta Sextantis Delta Sextantis is a star in the constellation Sextans.Delta Sextantis is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.19. It is approximately 300 light years from Earth....	δ	29	90882	51362	5.19	0.37	300	B9.5V
ε Sex Epsilon Sextantis Epsilon Sextantis is a star in the constellation Sextans.Epsilon Sextantis is a yellow-white F-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.25. It is approximately 183 light years from Earth....	ε	22	89254	50414	5.25	1.51	183	F2III
47 G. Sex			90362	51046	5.60	0.58	329	M0.5III
18 Sex		18	88333	49865	5.64	−0.17	473	K2III
1 G. Sex			84607	47960	5.65	1.03	273	F4IV
19 Sex		19	88547	50027	5.77	−0.27	527	K0III:
35 Sex		35	92841	52452	5.77	−0.88	697	K3III+...	double star
41 Sex		41	93903	52980	5.80	0.55	366	A3m
73 G. Sex			93833	52948	5.85	0.72	346	G8III:
14 G. Sex			85709	48519	5.90	−2.26	1399	M2III
17 Sex		17	88195	49812	5.91	−0.13	527	A1V
70 G. Sex			93655	52863	5.92	−0.14	531	M2III
25 Sex		25	90044	50885	5.93	0.77	351	B9p Si(CrSr)	SS Sex
75 G. Sex			94014	53035	5.95	−0.04	514	K2
6 Sex		6	85364	48341	6.01	2.07	200	A8III
7 Sex		7	85504	48414	6.02	−1.52	1048	A0Vs
53 G. Sex			90763	51302	6.05	1.68	244	A1sp...
35 G. Sex			89033	50292	6.08	−0.39	642	K0
23 G. Sex			87262	49293	6.09	−1.84	1259	K0
14 Sex		14	87682	49530	6.20	1.07	345	K1III
58 G. Sex			91106	51490	6.20	−0.66	767	K5III+...
33 G. Sex			88372	49900	6.23	0.37	484	A2Vn
4 Sex		4	85217	48273	6.24	2.93	150	F6V...
33 Sex		33	92588	52316	6.25	3.57	112	K1IV
36 Sex		36	93102	52584	6.27	−0.19	639	K4III
38 G. Sex			89565	50584	6.31	2.68	174	F1IV
45 G. Sex			90125	50939	6.33	1.32	328	G9V
26 Sex		26	90473	51117	6.33	−0.49	755	K0
12 G. Sex			85505	48413	6.34	0.75	428	G9III
37 G. Sex			89490	50552	6.38	1.61	293	K0
44 G. Sex			90057	50893	6.39	−1.45	1203	K5
9 G. Sex			85380	48351	6.42	3.18	145	F8V
20 G. Sex			86341	48839	6.43	1.79	276	G5
13 Sex		13	87301	49329	6.43	2.73	179	F4V
24 Sex 24 Sextantis 24 Sextantis is a 7th magnitude star located approximately 244 light-years away in the constellation of Sextans. It is a G-type subgiant with 54% more mass than the Sun, but cooler. At the age of 2.7 billion years, it indicates that it is an evolved A-type star...			90043	50887	6.45	2.08	244	G5	has two planets Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b & c)
10 G. Sex			85461	48375	6.48	−1.03	1035	M2III:
27 Sex		27	90485	51135	6.55	0.12	629	K0
34 Sex		34	92749	52401	6.57	2.29	234	F5
40 Sex		40	93742	52913	6.61	1.70	313	A2IV
23 Sex		23	89688	50684	6.66	−1.99	1753	B2.5IV	RS Sex
12 Sex		12	86611	48990	6.69	2.34	241	F0V
9 Sex		9	85762	48552	6.72	−0.87	1072	K5
21 Sex		21	88764	50140	6.97	0.39	675	K0
31 Sex		31	91011	51451	6.98	1.13	482	K0
20 Sex		20	88697	50100	7.21	3.79	157	F8
HD 92788 HD 92788 HD 92788 is a G-type star located approximately 107 light-years away in the constellation of Sextans. It is more massive and slightly smaller than the Sun with high metallicity.- Planetary system :...			92788	52409	7.31	4.76	107	G5	has a planet (b HD 92788 b HD 92788 b is an exoplanet located approximately 107 light-years away in the constellation of Sextans, orbiting the star HD 92788. The semimajor axis of this 3.68 Jupiter mass planet is 0.97 astronomical units, taking approximately 326 days to revolve.... )
HD 86081 HD 86081 HD 86081 is a yellow-white dwarf star in the constellation Sextans south of the celestial equator. It is bigger and more massive at 1.22 and 1.21 solar units respectively. It has temperature of 6028 K and luminosity of 1.75 solar....			86081	48711	8.74	3.94	297	F8V	has a planet (b HD 86081 b HD 86081 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits close to its host star, completing its orbit for only 2.1375 days. With such a short orbit, it belongs to class of exoplanets known as hot Jupiters. Like most hot Jupiters, the orbit is nearly circular, with an eccentricity of 0.008.... )
BD-08°2823 BD-08°2823 BD-08°2823 is a 9.86 magnitude K-type main sequence star located approximately 137 light years away in the constellation Sextans. This star is smaller, cooler, fainter, and less massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is six-sevenths as much as the Sun. In 2009, two gas giant planets were...				49067	9.86	6.74	137	K3V	has two planets (b BD-08°2823 b BD-08°2823 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type main sequence star BD-08°2823, located approximately 137 light years away in the constellation Sextans. This planet has at least 14 times the mass of Earth and takes four-fifths of a week to orbit the star at a semimajor axis of 0.056... & c BD-08°2823 c BD-08°2823 c is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type main sequence star BD-08°2823, located approximately 137 light years away in the constellation Sextans. This planet has at least one-thirds the mass of Jupiter and takes 7.8 months to orbit the star at a semimajor axis of 0.68 AU... )
WASP-43 WASP-43 WASP-43 is a K-type star in the Sextans constellation. It is almost the same size as the Sun, but approximately half the mass. WASP-43 has one known planet in orbit, a Hot Jupiter called WASP-43b. At the time of publishing of WASP-43b's discovery on April 15, 2011, the planet was the most closely...					12.4			K7V	has a transiting planet (b WASP-43b WASP-43b is a transiting planet in orbit around the young, active, and low-mass star WASP-43 in the constellation Sextans. The planet is a Hot Jupiter with a mass almost twice that of Jupiter, but a radius that is slightly less than Jupiter's... )
LHS 292					15.60	17.32	14.8	M6.5V	nearby red dwarf Red dwarf According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool star, of the main sequence, either late K or M spectral type.... , flare star Flare star A flare star is a variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes. It is believed that the flares on flare stars are analogous to solar flares in that they are due to magnetic reconnection in the atmospheres of the stars. The brightness increase is...

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