K-type star · orange

Zet Pyx

244 lybrightness mag 4.86G5III

Also catalogued as HR 3433 · HD 73898 · HIP 42483

4,996 K

temperature

4.86

apparent magnitude

55.62× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

244 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

55.62×

the Sun's light output

0.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Zet PyxK-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

Del Pyx →17 ly apart
Eta Pyx →19 ly apart
HR 3381 →23 ly apart
HR 3512 →26 ly apart
HR 3397 →28 ly apart
HR 3559 →30 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
The Pyx →mag 4.7
Lam Pyx →mag 4.7
Del Pyx →mag 4.9
Eta Pyx →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To 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.