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Encyclopedia > Pyxis

Pyxis

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Constellations changed by the monk Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763
Argo Navis | split into | Carina | Puppis | Pyxis | Vela
Telescopium | created from parts of | Sagittarius | Scorpio | Ophiuchus | Corona Australis
Ophiuchus | split into | Ophiuchus | Serpens
Eridanus | split into | Eridanus | Fornax
Ara | created from parts of | Centaurus | Lupus


The 88 modern Constellations
Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Boötes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Virgo | Vela | Volans | Vulpecula

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eSky: Pyxis (211 words)
Pyxis was introduced by Abbé de la Caille, and associated with the giant 'superconstellation' of Argo Navis.
Only one of the stars of Pyxis lies anywhere close to the Earth's solar system: BSC 3430 is a binary star, consisting of a pair of yellow dwarf stars, that lies 65 light years from the Sun.
The stars of Pyxis fall within a slice of sky that lies within the disc of our home Galaxy, and so appear within the band of the Milky Way in the night sky.
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