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public  Laduo, China Laduo, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Urumqi
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 18:48
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θ Pyxidis (theta Pyxidis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:12 | Tran: 14:08 | Set: 19:03
Alt: -5.78°   Az: 116.68°   Direction: East-South-East

θ Pyxidis is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Pyxis.

θ Pyxidis visual magnitude is 4.72. Because of its moderate brightness, θ 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 θ Pyxidis (theta Pyxidis) star
DSS2 image of θ Pyxidis. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Pyxidis during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 22m 37s
-26° 04’ 30”
18h 32m 54s
03h 55m 32s

J2000

09h 21m 29s
-25° 57’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

254.81°
16.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Pyxidis (theta Pyxidis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.72
Giant

-1.30
M1III
3608K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Pyxidis is distant 521.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

160.00
521.60
20 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Pyxidis
(theta Pyxidis)
SAO177322
SAO177322

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Pyxidis (theta Pyxidis) rise, transit and set times from Laduo, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Urumqi):

Azimuth: 116.1°
Max altitude: 34.9°
Azimuth: 243.9°