K-type star · orange

Gam Pyx

207 lybrightness mag 4.02K3III

Also catalogued as HR 3518 · HD 75691 · HIP 43409

4,172 K

temperature

4.02

apparent magnitude

86.78× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

207 years

at light speed from Earth

0.72×

as hot as the Sun

86.78×

the Sun's light output

0.00

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gam PyxK-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

Eps Pyx →19 ly apart
HR 3512 →25 ly apart
HR 3397 →25 ly apart
Eta Pyx →27 ly apart
Lam Pyx →30 ly apart
HR 3559 →31 ly apart

Bright stars in Pyxis

Alp Pyx →mag 3.7
Bet Pyx →mag 4.0
Kap Pyx →mag 4.6
The Pyx →mag 4.7
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 4.0To 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.