Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:star
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pyxis
|
| gptkbp:age |
approximately 50 million years
approximately 1 billion years |
| gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
3.7
2.7 |
| gptkbp:area |
approximately 3.5 solar radii
about 2.5 solar radii |
| gptkbp:average_temperature |
approximately 20,000 K
about 10,000 K |
| gptkbp:constellation |
gptkb:Pyxis
|
| gptkbp:depicted_in |
gptkb:battle
naked eye the night sky |
| gptkbp:distance |
approximately 50 light years
approximately 500 light years |
| gptkbp:has_color |
0.1
-0.2 |
| gptkbp:has_friend |
none known
|
| gptkbp:has_luminosity |
about 20 times that of the Sun
approximately 2000 solar luminosities |
| gptkbp:has_setting |
HIP 40980
|
| gptkbp:has_spectral_type |
B2 IV
A1 V |
| gptkbp:has_team |
-0.01 arcseconds/year
-0.020 mas/yr -0.02 arcseconds/year +0.045 mas/yr |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Alpha Pyxidis
|
| gptkbp:includes |
star catalogs
|
| gptkbp:is_a |
blue giant star
|
| gptkbp:is_analyzed_in |
stellar composition
|
| gptkbp:is_associated_with |
the constellation's mythology
|
| gptkbp:is_considered_as |
a target for exoplanet searches
|
| gptkbp:is_involved_in |
stellar evolution
|
| gptkbp:is_known_for |
HD 70324
HR 3270 SAO 239200 |
| gptkbp:is_noted_for |
its historical significance
its brightness its color its role in navigation its spectral characteristics its position in the sky its distance from Earth its brightness variability its contribution to understanding stellar evolution its role in stellar classification |
| gptkbp:is_observed_in |
amateur astronomers
optical wavelengths |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:the_Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkb:Milky_Way the southern celestial hemisphere the local stellar neighborhood open cluster IC 2391 |
| gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
astronomical literature
|
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
astrophysics
|
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
navigational astronomy
|
| gptkbp:leadership |
HD 70324
|
| gptkbp:located_in |
constellation Pyxis
|
| gptkbp:marketed_as |
α Pyxidis
|
| gptkbp:mass |
approximately 2.5 solar masses
approximately 6 solar masses |
| gptkbp:measures |
astrometric methods
|
| gptkbp:metallicity |
solar metallicity
|
| gptkbp:named_after |
the ship Pyxis
|
| gptkbp:orbital_period |
about 12 hours
|
| gptkbp:parallax |
0.006 arcseconds
|
| gptkbp:scientific_classification |
gptkb:star
|
| gptkbp:speed |
+20 km/s
|
| gptkbp:type |
A-type main-sequence star
|
| gptkbp:year_created |
gptkb:unknown
|