List of stars in Sextans explained

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Sextans, sorted by decreasing brightness.

B	F	Var	HD	HIP	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
α	15		87887	49641	4.48	−0.25	287	A0III
γ	8		85558	48437	5.07	0.55	261	A2V	double star
β	30		90994	51437	5.08	−0.04	345	B6V	α² CVn variable,
δ	29		90882	51362	5.19	0.37	300	B9.5V
ε	22		89254	50414	5.25	1.51	183	F2III
			90362	51046	5.60	0.58	329	M0.5III	suspected variable
	18		88333	49865	5.64	−0.17	473	K2III
			84607	47960	5.65	1.03	273	F4IV
	19		88547	50027	5.77	−0.27	527	K0III:
	35		92841	52452	5.77	−0.88	697	K3III+...	double star
	41		93903	52980	5.80	0.55	366	A3m
			93833	52948	5.85	0.72	346	G8III:
			85709	48519	5.90	−2.26	1399	M2III	suspected variable,
	17		88195	49812	5.91	−0.13	527	A1V
			93655	52863	5.92	−0.14	531	M2III	suspected variable
			94014	53035	5.95	−0.04	514	K4/5III
	25	SS	90044	50885	5.97	0.77	351	B9p Si(CrSr)	α² CVn variable,
	6		85364	48341	6.01	2.07	200	A8III
	7		85504	48414	6.02	−1.52	1048	A0Vs	suspected variable,
			90763	51302	6.05	1.68	244	A1sp...	suspected variable
			89033	50292	6.08	−0.39	642	K0
			87262	49293	6.09	−1.84	1259	K0	suspected variable
	14		87682	49530	6.20	1.07	345	K1III
			91106	51490	6.20	−0.66	767	K5III+...
			88372	49900	6.23	0.37	484	A2Vn
	4		85217	48273	6.24	2.93	150	F6V...
	33		92588	52316	6.25	3.57	112	K1IV
	36		93102	52584	6.27	−0.19	639	K4III
			89565	50584	6.31	2.68	174	F1IV
			90125	50939	6.33	1.32	328	G9V
	26		90473	51117	6.33	−0.49	755	K0
			85505	48413	6.34	0.75	428	G9III
			89490	50552	6.38	1.61	293	K0
			90057	50893	6.39	−1.45	1203	K5
			85380	48351	6.42	3.18	145	F8V
			86341	48839	6.43	1.79	276	G5
	13		87301	49329	6.43	2.73	179	F4V
	24		90043	50887	6.45	2.08	244	G5	has two planets (b & c)
			85461	48375	6.48	−1.03	1035	M2III:	variable star,
	27		90485	51135	6.55	0.12	629	K0
	34		92749	52401	6.57	2.29	234	F5	suspected variable,
	40		93742	52913	6.61	1.70	313	A2IV
	23	RS	89688	50684	6.66	−1.99	1753	B2.5IV	β Cep and 53 Per variable,
	12		86611	48990	6.69	2.34	241	F0V
	9		85762	48552	6.72	−0.87	1072	K5	variable star,
	21		88764	50140	6.97	0.39	675	K0
	31		91011	51451	6.98	1.13	482	K0
	20		88697	50100	7.21	3.79	157	F8
			92788	52409	7.31	4.76	107	G5	has two planets (b & c)
			93396	52733	8.04	2.78	368	G8/K0 IV	KELT-11; has a transiting exoplanet (b)
		S	91637	51791	8.20		3260	M4-5e	Mira variable,
			86081	48711	8.74	3.94	297	F8V	Bibha; has a planet (b)
		VY	93917		9.02		444	F9.5V	W UMa variable,
		T	85675	48503	9.82		1440	A1V	RR Lyr variable,
				49067	9.86	6.74	137	K3V	has two planets (b & c)
		Y	87079	49217	9.95		371	F8V	W UMa variable,
					10.15			G5	has a transiting planet (b)
		RW		50581	10.7		14000	DAe	nova-like star,
					12.4			K7V	has a transiting planet (b)
		UY			13.49			sd:B	V361 Hya variable,
		UZ			13.83			DA2.9	re-radiating binary star
					15.60	17.32	14.75	M6.0V	flare star
		AY			17.26				DQ Her or AM Her variable,
		SW						CV	eclipsing binary and nova-like star

References

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Web site: Gould . B. A. . Uranometria Argentina . Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F . 2010-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032716/http://www.uranometriaargentina.com/ . 2012-02-27 .
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List of stars in Sextans explained

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