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Pyxis

Pyxis

Pyxis. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.


Pyxis (abbreviation: Pyx), the Mariner's Compass (originally called Pyxis Nautica), is a small, faint southern constellation that lies north of Vela and west of Antlia. It contains only one third- and two fourth-magnitude star. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.

 

Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
star vis mag abs mag spec type distance (ly) RA (h m s) Dec (° ' ")
Alpha 3.68 -3.39 B1.5III 845 08 43 36 -33 11 11
Beta 3.97 -1.41 G5II 388 08 40 06 -35 18 30


Constellations
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