Pyxis

Pyxis
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Pyxis, or the Mariner's Compass, is a small, inconspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere.

PYXIS
Pyxis, the Mariner's Compass, a modern constellation associated with Argo, sprawls across the center of the picture. The luminary, Alpha Pyxidis, is the dominant star just below center.

Pyxis, the Compases, was carved by Lacaille in 1750s out of the mast of Argo Navis in which Argonauts traveled for Golden Fleece.

Pyxis (Latin for box as in Pyxis Navigatum [lit. Sailor's Box, a compass]) is a minor southern constellation introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille under the name Pyxis Nautica.

Pyxis
Abbreviation: Pyx
Genitive: Pyxidis
Translation: The Compass Box
Peoria Astronomical Society Pyxis Page
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Pyxis (Pyxis Nautica, the Mariner's Compass) is the least interesting fragment of the great vessel Argo Navis, dismantled by the International Union in the 1930s. The other parts are Puppis (the stern), Carina, (the keel) and Vela.

Pyxis
Abbreviation: Pyx English name: Mariner's Compass Coordinates see Stellar data ...

Pyxis hovers over the mast of Argo in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
Curling around it is a Bode invention, the now-obsolete Lochium Funis,
the log and line.

Pyxis (Mariner's Compass)
No Saint given
Origin of the constellation: 1752, Lacaille. This constellation was named as addition to the ship Argo Navis (or rather the parts of it that are left now).

Pyxis was originally part of the large constellation Argo Navis. When the International Astronomical Union officially defined the 88 constellations and their boundaries, they split Argo Navis into 4 parts: Carina (the keel), Vela (the sail), ...

Pyxis(the compass), Reticulum(reticle), Sagitta(arrow), Sagittarius(archer), Scorpius(scorpion), Sculptor, Scutum(shield), Serpens(serpent), Sextans(sextant), Taurus the Bull, Telescopium(telescope), ...

Pyxis - the compass
Nicholas Louis de La Caille between 1750-1754
Reticulum - the net ...

The white dwarf is found in the binary system T Pyxidis, in the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Pyxis, along with a fairly normal Sun-like companion star.

One of the largest of these constellations, Argo Navis, was split into 4 smaller constellations Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Vela (the Sails) and Pyxis (the Ship's Compass) by Lacaille in the 1750s.

A large constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, Vela forms the Sails of the even larger, ancient constellation of Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, which also included Vela's sibling constellations of Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis.

It resides nearly 2000 pc away in the dim southern constellation Pyxis.

Compare hypergolic propellants. Pyx, Pyxi International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Pyxis (= Malus ). See constellation. Pyxis (= Malus) (abbr Pyx, Pyxi). See constellation. Back to Table of Contents ...

pyrroles (NASA Thesaurus) Compounds that contain a five-membered heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom. Pyx, Pyxi (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Pyxis (= Malus ). See constellation.

Vela (the Sail) is a rather large constellation on the southern hemisphere, and together with Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), and Pyxis (the Compass), it forms the compound constellation Argo Navis.

Finding Antlia: Beginning at the north, Antlia is surrounded by the sea snake Hydra, the compass Pyxis, the sails (Vela) of the mythological ship Argo and finally the centaur Centaurus.

It was Nicolas Louis de Lacaille who dismantled the older constellation in the mid-eighteenth century, breaking it into four smaller constellations: Carina, Pyxis, Puppis, and Vela.

La constelación Carina también se conoce como La Quilla. Una quilla es la parte inferior de viejos barcos. Originalmente Carina era parte de Argo Navis. Estaba dividida en cuatro constelaciones: Carina, Puppis, Vela y Pyxis.

Heanenly Waters is a of 9 that includes Delphinus (the Dolphin), (the Dove), Equuleus (the Little Horse), Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Eridanus (the river), Pisces Austrinus (the Southern Fish), Vela (the Sails), and Pyxis (the Mariner's ...

Pavo (Pavonis) Pegasus (Pegasi) Perseus (Persei) Phoenix (Phoenicis) Pictor (Pictoris) Pisces (Piscium) Piscis Austrinius (Piscis Austrini) Puppis (Puppis) Pyxis (Pyxidis) Reticulum (Reticuli) ...

is a family of 9 constellations that includes Delphinus (the Dolphin), Columba (the Dove), Equuleus (the Little Horse), Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Eridanus (the river), Pisces Austrinus (the Southern Fish), Vela (the Sails), and Pyxis ...

Learn where to find ARGO NAVIS, the Argo Ship, CARINA, the Keel, VELA, the Sails, PUPPIS, the Deck, MALUS, the Mast, PYXIS, the Compass, ANTLIA, the Pump, PICTOR, the Painter, CRUX AUSTRALIS, the Southern Cross, CENTAURUS, the Centaur, ...

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