Constellation
The constellation Sextans
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Sextans gathers 17 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Sextantis, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around February.
Sextans in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 17
- Brightest star
- Alpha Sextantis
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- February
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Epsilon Sextantis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.48
Declination from -10° to 6°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
194 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Sextans
The 17 stars of Sextans catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.