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TimezoneEurope/Madrid
Sunrise: 7:03 
Transit: 14:21 
Sunset: 21:39
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λ Pyxidis (lambda Pyxidis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:41 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 21:23
Alt: -58.53°   Az: 273.57°   Direction: West

λ Pyxidis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pyxis.

λ Pyxidis visual magnitude is 4.69. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Pyxidis (lambda Pyxidis) star
DSS2 image of λ Pyxidis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Pyxidis during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 24m 18s
-28° 56’ 38”
09h 33m 51s
18h 58m 10s

J2000

09h 23m 12s
-28° 50’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

257.26°
15.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Pyxidis (lambda Pyxidis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.69
Giant

0.96
G8III
4943K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Pyxidis is distant 181.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

55.80
181.92
10 km/s
-0.123 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Pyxidis
(lambda Pyxidis)
SAO177374
SAO177374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ Pyxidis (lambda Pyxidis) rise, transit and set times from Málaga MA (ES) are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Madrid):

Azimuth: 118.9°
Max altitude: 24.3°
Azimuth: 241.1°