Epsilon Sextantis [SEP] constellation
Epsilon Sextantis
Epsilon Sextantis (ε Sex, ε Sextantis) is a solitary star in the equatorial constellation Sextans. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.24, it is faintly visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The distance to this star, based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.86 mas, is about 193 light years.
This is an F-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of F0 IV. However, Malaroda (1975) gave a classification of F2 III, which
V1315 Aquilae
V1315 Aquilae is a cataclysmic variable star located in the constellation of Aquila. It is a type of cataclysmic variable known as a nova-like variable (NL), specifically a SW Sextantis star. Nova-like variables such as these SW Sextantis stars are characterized as having non-magnetic white dwarfs and do not undergo dwarf-nova eruptions. There is some evidence that SW Sextantis stars may contain a magnetic white dwarf. Being a SW Sextantis star, V1315 Aquilae has a high rate of mass transfer,