M-type star · red

Theta Pyx

Theta Pyx is a red in the constellation Pyxis 503 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,604 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 270× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 503 years ago.

503 lybrightness mag 4.71M0III

Also catalogued as HR 3718 · HD 80874 · HIP 45902

3,604 K
temperature
4.71
apparent magnitude
270× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
503 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
270×
the Sun's light output
-1.23
absolute magnitude
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Theta PyxM-type
Sky regionPyxisthis direction
StarHR 385845 ly
StarKappa Pyx64 ly
StarHR 358567 ly
StarAlpha Pyxstar
StarBeta Pyxstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pyxis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pyxis

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.