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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:50 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:18
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γ Pyxidis (gamma Pyxidis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:51 | Tran: 15:04 | Set: 18:17
Alt: -54.88°   Az: 61.03°   Direction: East-North-East

γ Pyxidis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Pyxis.

γ Pyxidis visual magnitude is 4.01. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Pyxidis (gamma Pyxidis) star
DSS2 image of γ Pyxidis. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Pyxidis during the next 1000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 51m 37s
-27° 48’ 23”
14h 18m 42s
23h 10m 20s

J2000

08h 50m 31s
-27° 42’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

251.57°
10.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Pyxidis (gamma Pyxidis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.01
Giant

-0.02
K3III
4176K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Pyxidis is distant 208.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

63.98
208.57
25 km/s
-0.13 arcsec/y
0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Pyxidis
(gamma Pyxidis)
SAO176559
SAO176559

Visibility from Your Location

Today's γ Pyxidis (gamma Pyxidis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.8°
Max altitude: 10.7°
Azimuth: 242.2°