Sextans

Abbreviation: Sex
Genitive: Sextantis
Right Ascension: 10.26 hours
Declination: -2.41 degrees

Sextans is best seen from the Southern Hemisphere in January through May.

This is a modern constellation, so sorry no mythology. It is in honor of Hevelius who used the Sextant successfully to make stellar measurements from 1658 to 1679.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
DEL SEX	10.00:29.00:28.70	-2.00:44.00:20.84	5.21
EPS SEX	10.00:17.00:37.80	-8.00:4.00:8.17	5.24
41 SEX	10.00:50.00:18.05	-8.00:53.00:52.06	5.79
25 SEX	10.00:23.00:26.47	-4.00:4.00:26.61	5.97
6 SEX	9.00:51.00:14.02	-4.00:14.00:36.15	6.01
33 SEX	10.00:41.00:24.18	-1.00:44.00:29.55	6.26
RS SEX	10.00:21.00:2.00	+2.00:17.00:22.80	6.66
12 SEX	9.00:59.00:43.07	+3.00:23.00:5.08	6.70

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
NGC 3115	10 05.2	-07 43	GALXY	08.9	279	13

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
RS Sex	10.00:18.00:27.10	+2.00:32.00:31.00	BCEP:	6.68	6.64
RX Sex	10.00:23.00:33.50	+4.00:11.00:13.00	DSCTC	0.02	6.70
SS Sex	10.00:20.00:54.80	-3.00:49.00:15.00	ACV	5.98	5.94
bet Sex	10.00:27.00:44.10	-0.00:22.00:48.00	ACV:	5.10	5.00

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
HJ 2530	10 24.2	02 22	6.4, 6.7	212.20	64	13	234/ 235
STF 1466	10 43.4	04 44	6.3, 7.4	6.80	240	13	235
STF 1476	10 49.3	-04 01	6.9, 7.7	2.50	13	13	235