VV-Pyx (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , VV-Pyx is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:20 (EDT), 26° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:21, 26° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:10, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
VV-Pyx
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 08h27m33s [2] |
| Declination: | −20°50'38" [2] |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.59 (V) [2] 6.64 (BT) [2] 6.59 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 178.6 parsec 582.1 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.1 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 138.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.33 |
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