18 Sextantis

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18 Sextantis
Location of 18 Sex on the map (circled)
Observation data
ICRS
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Constellation Sextans
Right ascension 10h 10m 55.86074s[1]
Declination −08° 25′ 06.4527″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.62±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2/3 III[3]
U−B color index +1.42[4]
B−V color index +1.30[4]
Distance
558 ± 8 ly
(171 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.16[6]
Details
Rotational velocity (v sin i)
<1.0[12] km/s
TIC 26206896[14]
Database references
SIMBADdata

18 Sextantis (HD 88333; HR 3996; 32 G. Sextantis), or simply 18 Sex, is a solitary

interstellar extinction of two-tenths of a magnitude[16] and it has an absolute magnitude of −0.16.[6]

18 Sex has a

projected rotational velocity to be measured accurately, having a velocity lower than 1.0 km/s.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 244398875
    . Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
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    S2CID 17128864
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    Bibcode:1999mctd.book.....H
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    Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J
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    S2CID 119231169
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    S2CID 119257644
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  7. ^
    S2CID 6077801
    .
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    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR
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  9. S2CID 73594365
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    S2CID 166227927
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    ISSN 0004-6361
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  12. ^
    S2CID 54046583
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  13. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G
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  14. ^ "* 18 Sex". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  15. S2CID 14878976
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  16. S2CID 118879856
    .
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