Its story
Alp Pyx has a visual magnitude of about 3.66: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Alp Pyx: right ascension 8h 43m 36s, declination −33° 11′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).
Alp Pyx. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42828, HD 74575, Gaia DR3 5639188675501966464. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42828
- Right ascension
- 8h 43m 36s
- Declination
- −33° 11′ 11″
- Magnitude
- 3.66
- Distance
- ≈ 794 ly
Data: gaia-dr3