Beta Sextantis

β Sextantis
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Sextans
Right ascension	10^h 30^m 17.480^s
Declination	−0° 38′ 13.29″
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.0 to 5.1
Distance	345 ± 42 ly (106 ± 13 pc)
Spectral type	B6V
Other designations
β Sex, HR 4119, HD 90994, BD +00 2663, FK5 2841, HIP 51437, SAO 137608, GC 14431
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue, GCVS (v. 4.2, 2004)

Beta Sextantis (β Sex, β 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. The period of this variability is unclear but may be around 15.4 days.

References

Photometric variability of some early-type stars, G. Mathys, J. Manfroid, and P. Renson, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 63 (1986), pp. 403–416. Abstract on ADSABS

Stars of Sextans

Bayer	α β γ δ ε

Flamsteed	3 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 31 32 33 34 35 36 39 40 41

Variable	S T Y RW SW VY

HR	3879 3901 3907 3915 3959 4000 4034 4059 4060 4085 4092 4109 4122 4224 4233 4240

HD	85461 86081 86341 90057 92788

Gliese	Gliese 382 Gliese 393

Other	BD+08°2823 FIRST J102347.6+003841 LHS 292 PG 1026+002 PG 1047+003 Population III stars Cosmos Redshift 7 galaxy WASP-43

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