Pyxis Pyx
Pyxis is one of the 88 constellations, covering 221 square degrees of the sky (65th largest). It is highest at midnight in February and best in the evening sky in March and April.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Pyx |
|---|---|
| Size | 221 square degrees (65th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 8h 54m, −28° |
| Highest at midnight | February (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: March and April) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 42° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 12°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 2627 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.4 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 2658 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.2 | 7.2′ |
| NGC 2613 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.4 | 7.6′ |
| NGC 2663 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 3.9′ |
| IC 2469 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.1 | 5.8′ |
| NGC 2635 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 11.2 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 2818 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.6 | 0.8′ |
| ESO495-021 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 2′ |
| NGC 2717 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 2′ |
| NGC 2818A (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 12.5 | 6.9′ |
| NGC 2888 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 2′ |
| NGC 2891 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits