Beta Sextantis
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 |
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| Constellation (pronunciation) |
Sextans |
| Right ascension | 10h 30m 17.480s |
| Declination | −0° 38′ 13.29″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.0 to 5.1 |
| Distance | 345 ± 42 ly (106 ± 13 pc) |
| Spectral type | B6V |
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| Data sources: | |
| Hipparcos Catalogue, GCVS (v. 4.2, 2004) |
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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.
[edit] 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
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