Constellations
Sextans (Sex)
The Sextant
Also known as sextant.
6 looks for Sextans
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Sextans
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Sextant
- IAU abbreviation
- Sex
- Its stars are named
- Sextantis (as in "Alpha Sextantis")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in April
- Centre
- Right ascension 10h 15m, declination −2° 58′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- α Sex, magnitude 4.49
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Sexmag 4.49
- γ Sexmag 5.05
- β Sexmag 5.09
- δ Sexmag 5.21
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation