Description
Overview:
Sextans (pronouced sex' tans) is the 47th most volumous constellation in the night sky with
an area of 314 square degrees. The name of this constellation means Sextant.
Location:
Sextans is located at Right Ascension 10 h and Declination 0°.
It is best seen between the latitudes +80° and -80° in the April.
Sextans is bordered by the following constellations: Crater,
Hydra,
Leo.
Stars:
Sextans contains within its borders about 5 visible stars. The principal star of Sextans is Alpha Sex. The brightest of Sextans's stars is LHS 292 (14.8 ly).
Sextans also contains within its boundries the following noteworthy stars: Alpha Sex.
Visual Magnitude:
Sextans is the 1st brightest constellation with a brightness of 1.6.
