M-type star · red

The Pyx

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

The PyxM-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3858 →45 ly apart
Kap Pyx →64 ly apart
HR 3585 →67 ly apart
HR 3921 →72 ly apart
HR 3933 →73 ly apart
HR 3932 →95 ly apart

Bright stars in Pyxis

Alp Pyx →mag 3.7
Bet Pyx →mag 4.0
Gam Pyx →mag 4.0
Kap Pyx →mag 4.6
Lam Pyx →mag 4.7
Zet Pyx →mag 4.9
Del Pyx →mag 4.9
Eta Pyx →mag 5.2

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.