List of stars in Pyxis - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Pyxis
Pyxis
Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for a mariner's compass...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Pyx Alpha Pyxidis Alpha Pyxidis is a giant star in the constellation Pyxis. It has a stellar classification of B1.5III and is a Beta Cephei variable. This star has more than ten times the mass of the Sun and is more than six times the Sun's radius. The surface temperature is 24,300 K and the star is about...	α	24	74575	42828	3.68	−3.39	845	B1.5III	Al Sumut
β Pyx Beta Pyxidis Beta Pyxidis is a binary star system located in the constellation Pyxis. It is an estimated 390 light years from the Earth. The spectrum matches a giant star of spectral class G7Ib-II. It is a young disk star system with space velocity components, U = −11.0, V = +11.8 and...	β	22	74006	42515	3.97	−1.41	388	G5II/III
γ Pyx Gamma Pyxidis Gamma Pyxidis is a 4th magnitude star in the constellation Pyxis. It is classified as a giant star of composition similar to the Sun, and is located an estimated 209 light years from the Solar System....	γ	36	75691	43409	4.02	−0.01	209	K3III
κ Pyx	κ	50	78541	44824	4.62	−1.25	487	K4/K5III
θ Pyx	θ	61	80874	45902	4.71	−1.31	522	M0III
λ Pyx	λ	62	81169	46026	4.71	0.98	182	G8III
ζ Pyx	ζ	20	73898	42483	4.86	0.56	236	G5III
δ Pyx	δ	40	76483	43825	4.87	0.66	226	A3IV
		19	73752	42430	5.05	3.55	65	G3/G5V
		33	75605	43352	5.19	0.96	229	G8III
η Pyx	η	16	73495	42334	5.24	0.89	242	A0V
		9	72310	41817	5.42	0.08	381	B9.5IV/V
ε Pyx	ε	55	78922	45001	5.59	1.52	212	A4IV
		7	72227	41723	5.61	−2.21	1194	K3III
		27	74824	42923	5.74	−2.47	1430	B2III
XY Pyx		4	71801	41515	5.75	−1.68	1000	B2V
		34	75629	43370	5.86	−1.44	939	G8III
		15	73072	42147	5.95	−1.10	838	A1V+...
		28	74879	43002	6.07	0.87	357	A3IV/V
		25	74706	42928	6.10	1.63	255	A5V
		21	73900	42455	6.12	3.10	131	F3/F5V
		66	81753	46329	6.12	−2.32	1590	B5V
		52	78676	44887	6.15	0.86	373	A4IV
		35	75649	43394	6.17	0.91	368	B9V
		10	72626	41949	6.19	1.72	255	F2IV/V
		46	77361	44290	6.20	0.81	389	K1IIICN...
		42	77087	44130	6.24	0.44	472	G8III
		18	73603	42394	6.32	−0.90	906	M1III
		1	71622	41449	6.33	−0.28	685	G8III
AI Pyx		29	75112	43114	6.33	−0.86	896	B3V
VX Pyx		12	72688	41939	6.36	0.78	426	G8III	RS CVn variable RS Canum Venaticorum variable RS Canum Venaticorum variables are a type of variable star. They are close binary stars having active chromospheres which can cause large stellar spots. These spots are believed to cause variations in their observed luminosity...
		11	72673	41926	6.38	5.95	40	K0V
		58	79456	45249	6.38	−0.98	964	K5III
		41	76512	43853	6.39	2.16	229	A4V
		13	72913	42071	6.40	−1.11	1035	K3III
		60	80590	45754	6.40	−0.20	681	B8V
		14	72954	42075	6.41	2.42	205	G5V
		39	76072	43590	6.41	−1.15	1062	G8III+...
		23	74475	42775	6.42	0.77	439	A0V
AK Pyx		31	75306	43215	6.42	−0.45	771	M5III
		32	75495	43338	6.48	1.96	261	A6IV
		38	76001	43573	6.49	−0.48	807	K2/K3III
		3	71815	41572	6.50	0.49	519	A1/A2V
HD 73256 HD 73256 HD 73256 is a star located approximately 119 light years away in the constellation Pyxis. The spectral type is G8/K0V with a quarter more mass than the Sun....			73256	42214	8.08	5.27	119	G9V	BY Dra variable type BY Draconis variable BY Draconis variables are main sequence variable stars of late spectral types, usually K or M. The name comes from the archetype for this category of variable star system, BY Draconis. They exhibit variations in their luminosity due to rotation of the star coupled with star spots, and other... , has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b HD 73256 b HD 73256 b is an 1.87 MJ hot Jupiter orbiting at 0.037 AU taking 2.55 days to orbit around HD 73256.Assuming the planet is perfectly grey with no greenhouse or tidal effects, and a Bond albedo of 0.1, the temperature would be about 1300 K. This is close to 51 Pegasi b; between the predicted... )
HD 73267 HD 73267 \|- bgcolor="#FFFAFA"HD 73267 is a K type star in the southern constellation Pyxis. It is a 9th magnitude star at a distance of about 179 light years from Earth.-Planetary system:...			73267	42202	8.90	5.20	179	G5V	has a planet (b HD 73267 b HD 73267 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 179 light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis, orbiting the 9th magnitude G-type main sequence star HD 73267... )
Gliese 317 Gliese 317 Gliese 317 is a red dwarf star approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis. The star has an apparent magnitude of 12, an absolute magnitude of 12.2, and corresponding to visual luminosity of 0.1% Sun...					12.0	12.2	29	M3.5	has confirmed planet (b Gliese 317 b Gliese 317 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis. The planet was announced in July 2007 to be orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 317. The planet is a jovian planet that orbits about 95% the distance between Earth to the Sun. Despite of this, it... ) and unconfirmed planet (c Gliese 317 c Gliese 317 c is a possible extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis. The planet was announced in July 2007 to be orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 317. The planet is a Jovian planet that is, at least, 83% the mass of Jupiter. The semi-major axis is... )

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