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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 |
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