VX-Pyx (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , VX-Pyx is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 12° above the horizon.
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Name
VX-Pyx
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 08h32m58s [4] |
| Declination: | −34°38'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Pyxis |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.37 (V) [2] 7.56 (BT) [2] 6.47 (VT) [2] 6.10 (G) [4] 6.57 (BP) [4] 5.47 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 138.1 parsec 450.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.93 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 279.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.67 |
Sources