How to see it
23 Sex has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 23 Sex: right ascension 10h 21m 2s, declination +2° 17′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).
Catalog context
23 Sex. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50684, HD 89688, Gaia DR3 3856568374801242752. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3856568374801242752
- HIP
- 50684
- HD
- 89688
- gaia_dr3
- 3856568374801242752
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 23 Sex
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.63