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Wat (wie) is Pyxis - definitie

CONSTELLATION IN THE SOUTHERN CELESTIAL HEMISPHERE
Pyxis constellation; Pyxis (Constellation); Pyxis (constellation); Pyxis Nautica; Constellation Pyxis
  • The constellation of Pyxis, the compass, as it can be seen by the naked eye
  • 53 degrees north]], its best evening-sky visibility is during February and March in the southern hemisphere.
  • alt=A coloured oval cloud of material against a dark background
  • alt=A 19th century coloured engraving of a group of constellations in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere in this plate from ''[[Urania's Mirror]]'' (1824).
  • alt=An image of a central white object surrounded by white and pale blue markers signifying material in a shell-like pattern around it

Pyxis         
·noun A box; a pyx.
II. Pyxis ·noun A Pyxidium.
III. Pyxis ·noun The acetabulum. ·see Acetabulum, 2.
Pyxis (vessel)         
CYLINDRICAL BOX FROM THE CLASSICAL WORLD
Pyxis (pottery); Pyxides
A pyxis (, plural pyxides) is a shape of vessel from the classical world, usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid. Originally mostly used by women to hold cosmetics, trinkets or jewellery, surviving pyxides are mostly Greek pottery, but especially in later periods may be in wood, metal, ivory, or other materials.
Pyxis in Chinese astronomy         
Pyxis (Chinese astronomy)
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Pyxis is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).

Wikipedia

Pyxis

Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations.

The plane of the Milky Way passes through Pyxis. A faint constellation, its three brightest stars—Alpha, Beta and Gamma Pyxidis—are in a rough line. At magnitude 3.68, Alpha is the constellation's brightest star. It is a blue-white star approximately 880 light-years (270 parsecs) distant and around 22,000 times as luminous as the Sun.

Pyxis is located close to the stars that formed the old constellation Argo Navis, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. Parts of Argo Navis were the Carina (the keel or hull), the Puppis (the poop deck or stern), and the Vela (the sails). These eventually became their own constellations. In the 19th century, John Herschel suggested renaming Pyxis to Malus (meaning the mast) but the suggestion was not followed.

T Pyxidis, located about 4 degrees northeast of Alpha Pyxidis, is a recurrent nova that has flared up to magnitude 7 every few decades. Also, three star systems in Pyxis have confirmed exoplanets. The Pyxis globular cluster is situated about 130,000 light-years away in the galactic halo. This region was not thought to contain globular clusters. The possibility has been raised that this object might have escaped from the Large Magellanic Cloud.