Talk:Pyxis
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The Constellation article says that Pyxis is a part of Argo Navis. Other sources say that Argo Navis was broken only into three pieces (Carina, Puppis and Vela). Which is correct? Is the question even meaningful? --Zundark, 2001 Sep 16
The question is meaningful, and though I don't have the means to answer it on hand, there is any easy way to tell. Argo Navis was split up some time after Bayer wrote out his star designations, so that there is only one alpha, one beta, one gamma and so forth between all its pieces. Someone with a starchart handy could check if there is an alpha in Pyxis. If not, if was definitely part of Argo Navis, if so, it probably wasn't. --Josh Grosse
I didn't realise the designations were split. Pyxis has Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta and more, so it couldn't have been part of Argo Navis. I'll fix the Argo Navis and Constellation articles. --Zundark, 2001 Sep 16
Ok, thanks. It's my fault Pyxis got counted in as part of Argo in the first place - it never occured to me it might not be part so I didn't check. It's good to see this fixed, and it's good to learn something new. :) --Josh Grosse
[edit] actually
the stars of Pyxis were once inside an area occupied by Argo Navis...
[edit] Uranometria
Here's an image of Argo Navis from Johann Bayer's Uranometria. A prize for anyone who can make sense of it! The orientation is a bit unusual Volans can be seen at bottom centre (the stars labelled v). Canopus, I presume, is the Alpha at bottom right. I think the False Cross is straddling the first four oars on the left, but the Bayer letters are different from today: Epsilon Carinae is Mu Argus; Delta Velorum is Theta Argus; Iota Carinae is Nu Argus (I think!); Kappa Velorum seems to be c Argus, but I'm not sure.
I think Lambda Velorum is Epsilon Argus, behind one of the sailors. If this is correct, then the stars of Pyxis are on the mast, though I'm at a loss to match Bayer's stars with their real counterparts. Can anyone else do better?
Eroica 09:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- I haven't got time to check right now, but Bayer's Greek letters for Argo Navis should agree with the modern ones for Carina, Vela and Puppis, I think. The stars now in Pyxis should indeed be on the mast (and I thought the Pyxis article even said this, but currently it doesn't). --Zundark 10:29, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Software system
"Also, a computer software and hardware system used mostly in hospitals to dispense narcotics or controlled access drugs."
- The sentence structure is poor. Revision is needed here.
- Is this software system notable?
- Articles on constellations should not discuss unrelated topics. It is better if a separate page was made. See also the previous point about notability.
- If it is meant to be a disambiguation, it does not belong here. It should be the first line, in italics. It should preferably be on a separate page - see previous point.
