Principal Stars of Pyxis - The Night Sky Atlas

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Principal star listings for each constellation appear below, selected from the Bright Star Catalog 5th edition. All stars with a Flamsteed designation and/or a greek Bayer designation are listed with selected data. That may be more than the stars commonly referred to as principal stars, but they're listed anyway. Each star has a link to its atlas location via its Harvard Revised (HR) number.

AND
ANT
APS
AQL
AQR
ARA
ARI
AUR
BOO
CAE
CAM
CAP
CAR
CAS
CEN
CEP
CET
CHA
CIR
CMA
CMI
CNC
COL
COM
CRA
CRB
CRT
CRU
CRV
CVN
CYG
DEL
DOR
DRA
EQU
ERI
FOR
GEM
GRU
HER
HOR
HYA
HYI
IND
LAC
LEO
LEP
LIB
LMI
LUP
LYN
LYR
MEN
MIC
MON
MUS
NOR
OCT
OPH
ORI
PAV
PEG
PER
PHE
PIC
PSA
PSC
PUP
PYX
RET
SCL
SCO
SCT
SER
SEX
SGE
SGR
TAU
TEL
TRA
TRI
TUC
UMA
UMI
VEL
VIR
VOL
VUL
 

 
Pyxis
The Mariner´s Compass
Visible in September before dawn, to May after dusk, best in January.

HR RA
hours
J2000
DEC
degrees
J2000
RA
arcsec
/year
DEC
arcsec
/year
Flam-
steed
Bayer Visual
mag
Light
Years
Related
HR
Entry
Star remarks from notes
3420 08h 37m 52.2s -26° 15´ 18" -0.020" -0.006" Eta 5.27 85    
3433 08h 39m 42.5s -29° 33´ 40" -0.020" -0.089" Zeta 4.89 155    
3438 08h 40m 06.2s -35° 18´ 30" +0.012" -0.022" Beta 3.97 181    
3468 08h 43m 35.5s -33° 11´ 11" -0.011" +0.011" Alpha 3.68      
3518 08h 50m 31.9s -27° 42´ 36" -0.130" +0.087" Gamma 4.01 98    
3556 08h 55m 31.5s -27° 40´ 55" +0.079" -0.102" Delta 4.89 88    
3628 09h 08m 02.9s -25° 51´ 30" +0.041" +0.008" Kappa 4.58 250    
3644 09h 09m 56.4s -30° 21´ 55" +0.002" -0.048" Epsilon 5.59      
3718 09h 21m 29.6s -25° 57´ 56" -0.011" -0.008" Theta 4.72 326    
3733 09h 23m 12.3s -28° 50´ 02" -0.123" +0.019" Lambda 4.69 85    

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