Beta Sextantis

Starbox short sources
name=β Sextantis
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Sextans
ra=10^h 30^m 17.480^s
dec=−0° 38′ 13.29″
spectral=B6V
appmag_v=5.0 to 5.1
dist_ly=345 ± 42
dist_pc=106 ± 13
names=β Sex, HR 4119, HD 90994, BD +00 2663, FK5 2841, HIP 51437, SAO 137608, GC 14431
HIP|GCVS (v. 4.2, 2004)

Beta Sextantis (β Sex / β Sextantis) is a variable star in the constellation Sextans.Beta Sextantis is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf. It is approximately 345 light years from Earth. It is classified as an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable and its brightness varies from magnitude +5.00 to +5.10. The period of this variability is unclear but may be around 15.4 days.

References

Photometric variability of some early-type stars, G. Mathys, J. Manfroid, and P. Renson, "Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series", 63 (1986), pp. 403–416. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1986A%26AS...63..403M Abstract on ADSABS]