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public  Kunreuth, Germania Kunreuth, Germania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:18 
Transit: 13:20 
Sunset: 21:22
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δ Pyxidis (delta Pyxidis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:43 | Tran: 15:09 | Set: 18:34
Alt: -60.07°   Az: 52.90°   Direction: North-East

δ Pyxidis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Pyxis.

δ Pyxidis visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Pyxidis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Pyxidis (delta Pyxidis) star
DSS2 image of δ Pyxidis. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Pyxidis during the next 1000 years (1.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.70 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 56m 37s
-27° 46’ 50”
13h 46m 54s
22h 43m 31s

J2000

08h 55m 31s
-27° 40’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

252.25°
11.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Pyxidis (delta Pyxidis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Sub-giant

0.68
A3IV
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Pyxidis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Pyxidis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ Pyxidis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Pyxidis double sysyem:

4.89
13.99
9.1
23.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Pyxidis is distant 226.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

69.44
226.39
5 km/s
0.079 arcsec/y
-0.102"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Pyxidis
(delta Pyxidis)
SAO176697
SAO176697

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ Pyxidis (delta Pyxidis) rise, transit and set times from Kunreuth, Germania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 117.8°
Max altitude: 12.5°
Azimuth: 242.2°