How to see it
7 Sex has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 7 Sex: right ascension 9h 52m 12s, declination +2° 27′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).
Catalog context
7 Sex. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48414, HD 85504, Gaia DR3 3846875179075189120. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3846875179075189120
- HIP
- 48414
- HD
- 85504
- gaia_dr3
- 3846875179075189120
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 7 Sex
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.01