K-type star · orange

Lam Pyx

192 lybrightness mag 4.71G8III

Also catalogued as HR 3733 · HD 81169 · HIP 46026

5,018 K

temperature

4.71

apparent magnitude

39.45× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

192 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

39.45×

the Sun's light output

0.86

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Lam PyxK-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

Eps Pyx →23 ly apart
HR 3916 →27 ly apart
Gam Pyx →30 ly apart
HR 3766 →33 ly apart
HR 3684 →39 ly apart
HR 3931 →40 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
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.