Knowledge (XXG)

Alpha Sextantis

Source 📝

32: 1937: 39: 948:
Pintado, O. I.; Adelman, S. J. (August 2003), "Elemental abundance analyses with the EBASIM spectrograph of the 2.1-m CASLEO Observatory Telescope. I. The late B and early A stars vec xi Octantis, alpha Sextantis, and 68 Tauri",
500: 1110: 380: 583:
The variability of Alpha Sextantis was discovered by Aven Magded Hamadamen and included in the International Variable Star Index. The star undergoes
70: 1984: 1224: 1994: 838:
Gerbaldi, M.; et al. (June 1999), "Search for reference A0 dwarf stars: Masses and luminosities revisited with HIPPARCOS parallaxes",
1047:
Royer, F.; et al. (October 2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i",
1251: 1974: 63: 1130: 785:
Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35,495 Hipparcos stars in a common system".
629: 577: 425: 1276: 1920: 1989: 1979: 750:
Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications",
1491: 545: 1884: 1864: 1271: 1681: 1260: 1969: 1959: 1627: 1177: 601: 488: 132: 1800: 1534: 1333: 1244: 621: 496: 480: 476: 388: 1197: 1066: 1008: 989:
McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars",
958: 915: 847: 804: 759: 729: 679: 244: 492: 1711: 1519: 1514: 1481: 1476: 1471: 1466: 1456: 1451: 1446: 1441: 1436: 1431: 1416: 1411: 1406: 1391: 1386: 1381: 1376: 1371: 1701: 1504: 1499: 1366: 1361: 1356: 1351: 1346: 1341: 1082: 1056: 1026: 998: 905: 820: 794: 695: 669: 625: 617: 265: 115: 1686: 1676: 720:
Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)",
1854: 1650: 1645: 1635: 1617: 1607: 1602: 1597: 1587: 1582: 1577: 1572: 1567: 1562: 1552: 1547: 1524: 1323: 1295: 1124: 591: 584: 561: 472: 446: 56: 1964: 1940: 1844: 1237: 1100: 1074: 1070: 1016: 966: 962: 923: 855: 851: 812: 767: 687: 683: 613: 549: 521: 417: 355: 228: 31: 1318: 1313: 894:"The Unexpected Optical and Ultraviolet Variability of the Standard Star α Sex (HD 87887)" 368: 176: 91: 38: 1752: 1747: 1915: 1012: 919: 808: 763: 733: 1907: 1308: 1144: 557: 464: 236: 216: 204: 1953: 1169: 1030: 1021: 824: 565: 556:. This is considered an informal "equator star", as it lies less than a quarter of a 537: 193: 78: 1086: 699: 612:. The abundance of elements is similar to that in the Sun. It radiates 90 times the 1706: 1461: 1426: 1421: 1401: 1396: 609: 335: 301: 1078: 971: 691: 1509: 594: 403: 154: 143: 104: 928: 893: 1762: 1757: 1691: 816: 605: 597: 573: 553: 348: 315: 251: 164: 892:
Monier, Richard; Bowman, Dominic M.; Lebreton, Yveline; Deal, Morgan (2023).
1889: 1879: 1874: 1869: 1777: 1739: 1229: 860: 1828: 1823: 1818: 1813: 1808: 1772: 1767: 1660: 1655: 1640: 1612: 1592: 1557: 1542: 1061: 453: 1721: 1716: 1696: 569: 541: 83: 66: 59: 1849: 1791: 1105: 725: 660:
van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction",
624:
of 9,984 K. Alpha Sextantis is nearing the end of its life as a
515: 395: 328: 256: 910: 799: 771: 1003: 674: 1286: 533: 220: 208: 1233: 1859: 484: 544:. It is visible to the naked eye on a dark night with an 548:
of 4.49. The distance to this star, as determined from
1906: 1837: 1799: 1790: 1738: 1669: 1626: 1533: 1490: 1332: 1294: 1285: 991:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 715: 713: 711: 709: 655: 653: 651: 649: 647: 645: 984: 982: 1245: 1111:Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg 943: 941: 939: 8: 745: 743: 628:; it is around 385 million years old with a 604:of A0 III. It has around 2.5 times the 109:−0° 22′ 17.8621″ 48:Location of α Sextantis on the map (circled) 1042: 1040: 1903: 1796: 1735: 1291: 1252: 1238: 1230: 1060: 1020: 1002: 970: 927: 909: 859: 798: 673: 887: 885: 883: 881: 879: 877: 875: 873: 871: 572:. As a result of a shift in the Earth's 641: 200: 1122: 532:(α Sex, α Sextantis) is the brightest 18: 1145:"Sextans (abbr. Sex, gen. Sextantis)" 840:Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 7: 1149:The Internet Encyclopedia of Science 62:       212: 14: 552:measurements, is around 280  16:Star in the constellation Sextans 1936: 1935: 1022:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x 37: 30: 1198:"VSX : Detail for alf Sex" 1985:Henry Draper Catalogue objects 1: 1995:Bright Star Catalogue objects 722:Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data 630:projected rotational velocity 1277:Sextans in Chinese astronomy 1225:Astronomy Knowledge Database 587:with a period of 9.1 hours. 235:11.51 ± 0.98  1921:Hyperion proto-supercluster 2011: 1129:: CS1 maint: postscript ( 1079:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943 1049:Astronomy and Astrophysics 972:10.1051/0004-6361:20030813 951:Astronomy and Astrophysics 692:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 662:Astronomy and Astrophysics 1933: 1902: 1734: 1267: 817:10.1134/S1063773706110065 576:, it crossed over to the 546:apparent visual magnitude 508: 470: 463: 459: 295: 290: 286: 170: 163: 126: 53: 24: 1885:Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal 1272:List of stars in Sextans 1261:Constellation of Sextans 929:10.3847/1538-3881/acdee4 898:The Astronomical Journal 1865:LAE J095950.99+021219.1 1071:2002A&A...393..897R 963:2003A&A...406..987P 852:1999A&AS..137..273G 684:2007A&A...474..653V 266:Absolute magnitude 116:Apparent magnitude 1975:Durchmusterung objects 1682:FIRST J102347.6+003841 1178:University of Illinois 602:stellar classification 622:effective temperature 752:Astronomical Journal 608:and three times the 564:. In 1900, it was 7 1013:2012MNRAS.427..343M 920:2023AJ....166...73M 861:10.1051/aas:1999248 809:2006AstL...32..759G 764:1969AJ.....74..375C 734:1986EgUBV........0M 578:southern hemisphere 509:Database references 426:Rotational velocity 21: 626:main-sequence star 580:in December 1923. 536:in the equatorial 465:Other designations 203: −25.83  133:Spectral type 19: 1990:Hipparcos objects 1980:Flamsteed objects 1947: 1946: 1929: 1928: 1898: 1897: 1855:Cosmos Redshift 7 1786: 1785: 1730: 1729: 1170:"Alpha Sextantis" 1168:Kaler, James B., 787:Astronomy Letters 632:of 21 km/s. 562:celestial equator 527: 526: 479: Sextantis, 215: −4.25  2002: 1939: 1938: 1904: 1845:Baby Boom Galaxy 1797: 1736: 1292: 1254: 1247: 1240: 1231: 1212: 1211: 1209: 1208: 1194: 1188: 1187: 1185: 1184: 1165: 1159: 1158: 1156: 1155: 1141: 1135: 1134: 1128: 1120: 1118: 1117: 1097: 1091: 1090: 1064: 1062:astro-ph/0205255 1044: 1035: 1034: 1024: 1006: 986: 977: 976: 974: 945: 934: 933: 931: 913: 889: 866: 865: 863: 835: 829: 828: 802: 782: 776: 775: 747: 738: 737: 717: 704: 703: 677: 657: 618:outer atmosphere 614:solar luminosity 415: 413: 313: 311: 282: 280: 214: 202: 127:Characteristics 119: 99: 94: 54:Observation data 41: 34: 22: 2010: 2009: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2001: 2000: 1999: 1950: 1949: 1948: 1943: 1925: 1908:Galaxy clusters 1894: 1833: 1782: 1726: 1665: 1622: 1529: 1486: 1328: 1281: 1263: 1258: 1221: 1216: 1215: 1206: 1204: 1196: 1195: 1191: 1182: 1180: 1167: 1166: 1162: 1153: 1151: 1143: 1142: 1138: 1121: 1115: 1113: 1099: 1098: 1094: 1046: 1045: 1038: 988: 987: 980: 947: 946: 937: 891: 890: 869: 837: 836: 832: 793:(11): 759–771. 784: 783: 779: 749: 748: 741: 719: 718: 707: 659: 658: 643: 638: 606:mass of the Sun 530:Alpha Sextantis 504: 432: sin  411: 409: 369:Surface gravity 361: 358: 341: 338: 321: 318: 309: 307: 278: 276: 271: 254: 211: 187:10.00 km/s 182: 177:Radial velocity 114: 97: 92:Right ascension 90: 55: 49: 47: 46: 45: 44: 43: 42: 17: 12: 11: 5: 2008: 2006: 1998: 1997: 1992: 1987: 1982: 1977: 1972: 1967: 1962: 1952: 1951: 1945: 1944: 1934: 1931: 1930: 1927: 1926: 1924: 1923: 1918: 1912: 1910: 1900: 1899: 1896: 1895: 1893: 1892: 1887: 1882: 1877: 1872: 1867: 1862: 1857: 1852: 1847: 1841: 1839: 1835: 1834: 1832: 1831: 1826: 1821: 1816: 1811: 1805: 1803: 1794: 1788: 1787: 1784: 1783: 1781: 1780: 1775: 1770: 1765: 1760: 1755: 1750: 1744: 1742: 1732: 1731: 1728: 1727: 1725: 1724: 1719: 1714: 1712:PSR J0952–0607 1709: 1704: 1699: 1694: 1689: 1684: 1679: 1673: 1671: 1667: 1666: 1664: 1663: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1643: 1638: 1632: 1630: 1624: 1623: 1621: 1620: 1615: 1610: 1605: 1600: 1595: 1590: 1585: 1580: 1575: 1570: 1565: 1560: 1555: 1550: 1545: 1539: 1537: 1531: 1530: 1528: 1527: 1522: 1517: 1512: 1507: 1502: 1496: 1494: 1488: 1487: 1485: 1484: 1479: 1474: 1469: 1464: 1459: 1454: 1449: 1444: 1439: 1434: 1429: 1424: 1419: 1414: 1409: 1404: 1399: 1394: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1374: 1369: 1364: 1359: 1354: 1349: 1344: 1338: 1336: 1330: 1329: 1327: 1326: 1321: 1316: 1311: 1306: 1300: 1298: 1289: 1283: 1282: 1280: 1279: 1274: 1268: 1265: 1264: 1259: 1257: 1256: 1249: 1242: 1234: 1228: 1227: 1220: 1219:External links 1217: 1214: 1213: 1189: 1160: 1136: 1092: 1055:(3): 897–911, 1036: 978: 957:(3): 987–994, 935: 867: 846:(2): 273–292, 830: 777: 772:10.1086/110819 739: 705: 668:(2): 653–664, 640: 639: 637: 634: 566:minutes of arc 525: 524: 519: 511: 510: 506: 505: 503: 137366. 471: 468: 467: 461: 460: 457: 456: 450: 442: 441: 438: 421: 420: 407: 399: 398: 392: 384: 383: 377: 364: 363: 359: 356: 352: 344: 343: 339: 336: 332: 324: 323: 319: 316: 305: 297: 296: 293: 292: 288: 287: 284: 283: 274: 269: 261: 260: 250:280 ± 20  248: 240: 239: 233: 224: 223: 198: 189: 188: 185: 180: 172: 171: 168: 167: 161: 160: 157: 150: 149: 146: 139: 138: 135: 129: 128: 124: 123: 120: 111: 110: 107: 101: 100: 98:10 07 56.29556 95: 87: 86: 81: 75: 74: 51: 50: 36: 35: 29: 28: 27: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2007: 1996: 1993: 1991: 1988: 1986: 1983: 1981: 1978: 1976: 1973: 1971: 1970:Bayer objects 1968: 1966: 1963: 1961: 1960:A-type giants 1958: 1957: 1955: 1942: 1932: 1922: 1919: 1917: 1916:CL J1001+0220 1914: 1913: 1911: 1909: 1905: 1901: 1891: 1888: 1886: 1883: 1881: 1878: 1876: 1873: 1871: 1868: 1866: 1863: 1861: 1858: 1856: 1853: 1851: 1848: 1846: 1843: 1842: 1840: 1836: 1830: 1827: 1825: 1822: 1820: 1817: 1815: 1812: 1810: 1807: 1806: 1804: 1802: 1798: 1795: 1793: 1789: 1779: 1776: 1774: 1771: 1769: 1766: 1764: 1761: 1759: 1756: 1754: 1751: 1749: 1746: 1745: 1743: 1741: 1737: 1733: 1723: 1720: 1718: 1715: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1705: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1695: 1693: 1690: 1688: 1685: 1683: 1680: 1678: 1675: 1674: 1672: 1668: 1662: 1659: 1657: 1654: 1652: 1649: 1647: 1644: 1642: 1639: 1637: 1634: 1633: 1631: 1629: 1625: 1619: 1616: 1614: 1611: 1609: 1606: 1604: 1601: 1599: 1596: 1594: 1591: 1589: 1586: 1584: 1581: 1579: 1576: 1574: 1571: 1569: 1566: 1564: 1561: 1559: 1556: 1554: 1551: 1549: 1546: 1544: 1541: 1540: 1538: 1536: 1532: 1526: 1523: 1521: 1518: 1516: 1513: 1511: 1508: 1506: 1503: 1501: 1498: 1497: 1495: 1493: 1489: 1483: 1480: 1478: 1475: 1473: 1470: 1468: 1465: 1463: 1460: 1458: 1455: 1453: 1450: 1448: 1445: 1443: 1440: 1438: 1435: 1433: 1430: 1428: 1425: 1423: 1420: 1418: 1415: 1413: 1410: 1408: 1405: 1403: 1400: 1398: 1395: 1393: 1390: 1388: 1385: 1383: 1380: 1378: 1375: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1348: 1345: 1343: 1340: 1339: 1337: 1335: 1331: 1325: 1322: 1320: 1317: 1315: 1312: 1310: 1307: 1305: 1302: 1301: 1299: 1297: 1293: 1290: 1288: 1284: 1278: 1275: 1273: 1270: 1269: 1266: 1262: 1255: 1250: 1248: 1243: 1241: 1236: 1235: 1232: 1226: 1223: 1222: 1218: 1203: 1202:www.aavso.org 1199: 1193: 1190: 1179: 1175: 1171: 1164: 1161: 1150: 1146: 1140: 1137: 1132: 1126: 1112: 1108: 1107: 1102: 1096: 1093: 1088: 1084: 1080: 1076: 1072: 1068: 1063: 1058: 1054: 1050: 1043: 1041: 1037: 1032: 1028: 1023: 1018: 1014: 1010: 1005: 1000: 997:(1): 343–57, 996: 992: 985: 983: 979: 973: 968: 964: 960: 956: 952: 944: 942: 940: 936: 930: 925: 921: 917: 912: 907: 903: 899: 895: 888: 886: 884: 882: 880: 878: 876: 874: 872: 868: 862: 857: 853: 849: 845: 841: 834: 831: 826: 822: 818: 814: 810: 806: 801: 796: 792: 788: 781: 778: 773: 769: 765: 761: 757: 753: 746: 744: 740: 735: 731: 727: 723: 716: 714: 712: 710: 706: 701: 697: 693: 689: 685: 681: 676: 671: 667: 663: 656: 654: 652: 650: 648: 646: 642: 635: 633: 631: 627: 623: 619: 615: 611: 607: 603: 599: 596: 593: 588: 586: 581: 579: 575: 571: 568:north of the 567: 563: 560:south of the 559: 555: 551: 547: 543: 539: 538:constellation 535: 531: 523: 520: 518: 517: 513: 512: 507: 502: 498: 495: 49641, 494: 491: 87887, 490: 486: 482: 478: 474: 469: 466: 462: 458: 455: 451: 449: 448: 444: 443: 439: 437: 435: 431: 427: 423: 422: 419: 408: 406: 405: 401: 400: 397: 393: 391: 390: 386: 385: 382: 378: 376: 374: 370: 366: 365: 362: 353: 351: 350: 346: 345: 342: 333: 331: 330: 326: 325: 322: 306: 304: 303: 299: 298: 294: 289: 285: 275: 273: 267: 263: 262: 258: 255:(87 ± 7  253: 249: 247: 246: 242: 241: 238: 234: 232: 230: 226: 225: 222: 218: 210: 206: 199: 197: 195: 194:Proper motion 191: 190: 186: 184: 178: 174: 173: 169: 166: 162: 158: 156: 152: 151: 147: 145: 141: 140: 136: 134: 131: 130: 125: 121: 117: 113: 112: 108: 106: 103: 102: 96: 93: 89: 88: 85: 82: 80: 79:Constellation 77: 76: 72: 68: 65: 61: 58: 52: 40: 33: 23: 1748:BD-08°2823 b 1303: 1205:. Retrieved 1201: 1192: 1181:, retrieved 1173: 1163: 1152:, retrieved 1148: 1139: 1114:. Retrieved 1104: 1095: 1052: 1048: 994: 990: 954: 950: 901: 897: 843: 839: 833: 790: 786: 780: 755: 751: 721: 665: 661: 610:Sun's radius 589: 582: 529: 528: 514: 499: 3981, 487: 2814, 445: 440:21 km/s 433: 429: 424: 402: 387: 372: 367: 347: 327: 300: 264: 243: 227: 192: 175: 137:A0 III 20:α Sextantis 1707:PG 1047+003 1702:PG 1026+002 758:: 375–406, 590:This is an 554:light years 404:Metallicity 394:9,984  389:Temperature 155:color index 144:color index 105:Declination 1954:Categories 1763:HD 92788 b 1758:HD 86081 b 1740:Exoplanets 1692:Gliese 393 1687:Gliese 382 1677:BD−08°2823 1207:2023-12-02 1183:2016-12-12 1154:2016-12-12 1116:2016-12-12 911:2306.08551 800:1606.08053 636:References 598:giant star 585:pulsations 574:axial tilt 483:+00°2615, 379:3.55  371:(log  349:Luminosity 334:3.07  165:Astrometry 1890:AT2018hyz 1880:Sextans B 1875:Sextans A 1870:PGC 29820 1778:TOI-561 b 1334:Flamsteed 1101:"alf Sex" 1031:118665352 1004:1208.2037 904:(2): 73. 825:119231169 675:0708.1752 616:from its 452:385  118: (V) 1941:Category 1792:Galaxies 1773:WASP-43b 1768:KELT-11b 1492:Variable 1125:cite web 1087:14070763 700:18759600 550:parallax 360:☉ 354:90  340:☉ 320:☉ 268: (M 245:Distance 229:Parallax 1965:Sextans 1722:WASP-43 1717:TOI-561 1697:LHS 292 1067:Bibcode 1009:Bibcode 959:Bibcode 916:Bibcode 848:Bibcode 805:Bibcode 760:Bibcode 730:Bibcode 680:Bibcode 600:with a 592:evolved 570:equator 542:Sextans 291:Details 84:Sextans 67:J2000.0 64:Equinox 60:J2000.0 1850:CID-42 1106:SIMBAD 1085:  1029:  823:  726:SIMBAD 698:  620:at an 595:A-type 558:degree 516:SIMBAD 416:  329:Radius 314:  159:−0.04 148:−0.07 1838:Other 1670:Other 1661:93396 1656:92788 1651:90057 1646:86341 1641:86081 1636:85461 1296:Bayer 1287:Stars 1174:Stars 1083:S2CID 1057:arXiv 1027:S2CID 999:arXiv 906:arXiv 821:S2CID 795:arXiv 696:S2CID 670:arXiv 475:Sex, 410:−0.03 277:−0.29 213:Dec.: 122:4.49 57:Epoch 1829:3169 1824:3115 1819:3110 1814:3044 1809:2974 1618:4240 1613:4233 1608:4224 1603:4122 1598:4109 1593:4092 1588:4085 1583:4060 1578:4059 1573:4034 1568:4000 1563:3959 1558:3915 1553:3907 1548:3901 1543:3879 1131:link 534:star 522:data 414:0.18 312:0.32 308:2.57 302:Mass 281:0.21 153:B−V 142:U−B 71:ICRS 1860:HD1 1801:NGC 1075:doi 1053:393 1017:doi 995:427 967:doi 955:406 924:doi 902:166 856:doi 844:137 813:doi 768:doi 688:doi 666:474 540:of 501:SAO 493:HIP 485:FK5 454:Myr 447:Age 418:dex 381:cgs 237:mas 231:(π) 217:mas 205:mas 201:RA: 196:(μ) 1956:: 1628:HD 1535:HR 1525:VY 1520:SW 1515:RW 1482:41 1477:40 1472:39 1467:36 1462:35 1457:34 1452:33 1447:32 1442:31 1437:27 1432:26 1427:25 1422:24 1417:23 1412:21 1407:20 1402:19 1397:18 1392:17 1387:16 1382:14 1377:13 1372:12 1200:. 1176:, 1172:, 1147:, 1127:}} 1123:{{ 1109:. 1103:. 1081:, 1073:, 1065:, 1051:, 1039:^ 1025:, 1015:, 1007:, 993:, 981:^ 965:, 953:, 938:^ 922:. 914:. 900:. 896:. 870:^ 854:, 842:, 819:. 811:. 803:. 791:32 789:. 766:, 756:74 754:, 742:^ 728:, 724:, 708:^ 694:, 686:, 678:, 664:, 644:^ 497:HR 489:HD 481:BD 477:15 257:pc 252:ly 221:yr 209:yr 179:(R 73:) 1753:c 1510:Y 1505:T 1500:S 1367:9 1362:7 1357:6 1352:5 1347:4 1342:3 1324:ε 1319:δ 1314:γ 1309:β 1304:α 1253:e 1246:t 1239:v 1210:. 1186:. 1157:. 1133:) 1119:. 1089:. 1077:: 1069:: 1059:: 1033:. 1019:: 1011:: 1001:: 975:. 969:: 961:: 932:. 926:: 918:: 908:: 864:. 858:: 850:: 827:. 815:: 807:: 797:: 774:. 770:: 762:: 736:. 732:: 702:. 690:: 682:: 672:: 473:α 436:) 434:i 430:v 428:( 412:± 396:K 375:) 373:g 357:L 337:R 317:M 310:± 279:± 272:) 270:V 259:) 219:/ 207:/ 183:) 181:v 69:(

Index



Epoch
J2000.0
Equinox
J2000.0
ICRS
Constellation
Sextans
Right ascension
Declination
Apparent magnitude
Spectral type
color index
color index
Astrometry
Radial velocity
Proper motion
mas
yr
mas
yr
Parallax
mas
Distance
ly
pc
Absolute magnitude
Mass
M

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.