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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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α Pyxidis (alpha Pyxidis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:45 | Tran: 14:02 | Set: 16:19
Alt: 5.24°   Az: 179.38°   Direction: South

α Pyxidis is a variable giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Pyxis.

α Pyxidis visual magnitude is 3.68. Because of its moderate brightness, α Pyxidis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of α Pyxidis (alpha Pyxidis) star
DSS2 image of α Pyxidis. The red arrow shows the motion of α Pyxidis during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 44m 37s
-33° 16’ 47”
23h 57m 01s
08h 41m 38s

J2000

08h 43m 35s
-33° 11’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

254.99°
5.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Pyxidis (alpha Pyxidis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.68
Giant

-3.39
B1III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Pyxidis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of α Pyxidis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Pyxidis is distant 844.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

259.07
844.56
15 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

α Pyxidis
(alpha Pyxidis)
SAO199546
SAO199546

Visibility from Your Location

Today's α Pyxidis (alpha Pyxidis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.3°
Max altitude: 5.2°
Azimuth: 236.7°