Sextans Sex
Sextans is one of the 88 constellations, covering 313 square degrees of the sky (47th largest). It is highest at midnight in February and best in the evening sky in March and April.
4 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Sex |
|---|---|
| Size | 313 square degrees (47th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 10h 16m, −3° |
| Highest at midnight | February (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: March and April) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 67° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 37°. |
| Pages here | 4 objects |
Galaxies
3Stars
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 3115 (Spindle Galaxy) (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.1 | 7.1′ |
| PGC088608 (Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal) | Galaxy | 10.4 | 30.2′ |
| NGC 3166 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 2974 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 3.5′ |
| NGC 3169 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 4.3′ |
| NGC 3423 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.6′ |
| UGC05373 (Sextans B) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 4.9′ |
| NGC 2967 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 2.1′ |
| PGC029653 (Sextans A) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 3044 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 4.2′ |
| NGC 3055 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.1 | 2′ |
| NGC 3156 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.9′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits