A visual band light curve for VY Pyxidis, plotted from data published by Sanwal and Sarma (1991) [1] | |
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Pyxis |
Right ascension | 08h 54m 29.6305s [2] |
Declination | −23° 31′ 18.575″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.13 - 7.40 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F3/5III [4] |
Variable type | BL Her [3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 11.081 [2] mas/yr Dec.: 29.509 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.9495 ± 0.0186 mas [2] |
Distance | 826 ± 4 ly (253 ± 1 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 2.4 [5] M☉ |
Radius | 6.5 [6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 46 [6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.987 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 6,133 [5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.101 [5] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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