AK Pyxidis


AK Pyxidis is a semiregular variable star located in the constellation Pyxis. It varies between magnitudes 6.09 and 6.51, pulsating to multiple periods simultaneously of 55.5, 57.9, 86.7, 162.9 and 232.6 days. Located around 1228 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 1500 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3410 K.