η-Pyx (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , η-Pyx is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 21° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:35, 21° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 21:24, when it sinks below 20° above your southern horizon.
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Name
η-Pyx
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h37m52s [4] |
| Declination: | −26°15'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Pyxis |
| Magnitude: | 5.24 (V) [2] 5.20 (BT) [2] 5.24 (VT) [2] 5.23 (G) [4] 5.21 (BP) [4] 5.25 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 75.6 parsec 246.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 26.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 242.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.84 |
Sources