Star profile

19 Sextantis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 19 Sextantis

19 Sextantis shines orange about four hundred and sixteen light-years away, in the Sextant —one of the youngest constellations in the catalogue, drawn by Hevelius in honour of the instrument he lost in a fire. Its K-type atmosphere reaches us warm and deep, with the aged light of a star that has already left stability behind. Few celestial figures owe so much to the humble persistence of a seventeenth-century astronomer.

Where it is and when to see it

19 Sextantis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 51° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 85° S.

It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 17 stars of Sextans in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sextantis, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 420 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 19 Sextantis

Constellation: Sextans
Apparent magnitude: 5.77
Distance: 416.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 153.202° · Dec 4.615°
Catalogue: HIP 50027 · HD 88547

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Other stars in Sextans

Sextans has 17 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 17 stars in Sextans