Constellations
Pyxis (Pyx)
The Mariner's Compass
Also known as mariners compass.
6 looks for Pyxis
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Pyxis
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Mariner's Compass
- IAU abbreviation
- Pyx
- Its stars are named
- Pyxidis (as in "Alpha Pyxidis")
- Family
- Heavenly Waters
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 8h 35m, declination −34° 08′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- Naos, magnitude 2.25
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Naos (ζ Pup)mag 2.25
- α Pyxmag 3.68
- β Pyxmag 3.97
- γ Pyxmag 4.01
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation