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{{infobox constellation
| name = Pyxis
| abbreviation = Pyx
| genitive = Pyxidis
| pronounce = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|k|s|ᵻ|s}}, genitive {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|k|s|ᵻ|d|ᵻ|s}}
| symbolism = the [[compass]] box
| RA = 9
| dec= −30
| family = [[Heavenly Waters (astronomy)|Heavenly Waters]]
| quadrant = SQ2
| areatotal = 221
| arearank = 65th
| numbermainstars = 3
| numberbfstars = 10
| numberstarsplanets = 4
| numberbrightstars = 0
| numbernearbystars = 1
| brighteststarname = [[Alpha Pyxidis|α Pyx]]
| starmagnitude = 3.68
| neareststarname = [[Gliese 318]]
| stardistancely = 30.13
| stardistancepc = 9.24
| numbermessierobjects = None
| meteorshowers = None
| bordering = [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]]<br />[[Puppis]]<br />[[Vela (constellation)|Vela]]<br />[[Antlia]]
| latmax = [[50th parallel north|50]]
| latmin = [[South Pole|90]]
| month = March
| notes=
}}

'''Pyxis''' is a [[constellation]] in the southern sky.

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[[Category:Constellations]]


== Pyxis Media ==
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File:Hydra IAU.svg|Pyxis is positioned just south of the star [[Alphard]] in the constellation [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]] midway between [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] and [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]. Although it is completely visible from latitudes south of [[53rd parallel north|53 degrees north]], its best evening-sky visibility is during February and March in the southern hemisphere.

File:Constellation Pyxis.jpg|The constellation of Pyxis, the compass, as it can be seen by the naked eye

File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg|Pyxis can be seen overlying the mast of [[Argo Navis]]

File:Tpyx hst big.jpg|[[Hubble Space Telescope]] picture of [[T Pyxidis]], showing ejected material from past eruptions

File:NGC 2818 by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg|The planetary nebula NGC 2818, imaged by the Hubble telescope
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