Its story
Kap Pyx has a visual magnitude of about 3.96: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Kap Pyx: right ascension 9h 8m 3s, declination −25° 51′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).
Kap Pyx. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44824, HD 78541, Gaia DR3 5650133695272371968. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 44824
- Right ascension
- 9h 08m 03s
- Declination
- −25° 51′ 31″
- Magnitude
- 3.96
- Distance
- ≈ 523 ly
Data: gaia-dr3