How to see it
18 Sex has a visual magnitude of about 5.23: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 18 Sex: right ascension 10h 10m 56s, declination −8° 25′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).
Catalog context
18 Sex. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49865, HD 88333, Gaia DR3 3771960229193854080. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3771960229193854080
- HIP
- 49865
- HD
- 88333
- gaia_dr3
- 3771960229193854080
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 18 Sex
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 5.23