List of stars in Sextans
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This is the list of notable star
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 RA
Right ascension
Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:...

Dec
Declination
In astronomy, declination is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Declination in astronomy is comparable to geographic latitude, but projected onto the celestial sphere. Declination is measured in degrees north and...

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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...

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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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