Pyxis - CompassLearn about the constellation Pyxis - Compass, location, facts, mythology, meteor showers and deep space objects.
It is perhaps supposed to represent the compass of Argo Navis. However, the Argo did not have a compass, since the ancient Greeks are not believed to have used compasses for navigation.
Location: Southern Constellation 9h RA -30° Dec
No further details are available for this constellation.
Pyxis Mythology
Since is it a modern constellation, it has no independent pre-17th-century mythology associated with it.
Pyxis Deep Space Objects
| Northern Circumpolar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelopardalis | Cassiopeia | Cepheus | Draco | Lacerta | Ursa Major |
| Ursa Minor |
| Northern Spring | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antlia | Boötes | Cancer | Coma Berenices | Crater | Hydra |
| Leo | Leo Minor | Virgo |
| Northern Summer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquila | Corona Borealis | Cygnus | Delphinus | Equuleus | Hercules |
| Libra | Lyra | Ophiuchus | Sagitta | Scutum | Serpens |
| Vulpecula |
| Northern Autumn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andromeda | Aquarius | Aries | Capricornus | Pegasus | Pisces |
| Triangulum |
| Northern Winter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Cetus | Eridanus |
| Gemini | Lepus | Lynx | Monoceros | Orion | Perseus |
| Taurus |
