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Beta Pyxidis (Beta Pyx β Pyxidis β Pyx) is a double star located in the southern constellation Pyxis. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.954 making it the second brightest star in this faint constellation.Based upon parallax measurements this star is an estimated 420 light-years (128 parsecs) from the Earth. The spectrum matches a bright giant or supergiant star of stellar classification G7Ib-II. The interferometer-measured angular diameter of this star is 2.05 ± 0.14 mas.
