T Pyx on April 15, 2011
The recurrent nova T Pyxidis, which had its last outburst in December 1966 and has been very overdue for its next, has shot up from magnitude 15.4 to at least 8.5. In 1966–67 it reached 6.5.
It's in the dim constellation Pyxis east of Puppis and Canis Major. Pyxis is currently fairly high in the south-southwest right after dark, in good view for observers at north temperate latitudes and points south. The star is at declination –32°.
Here are finder and comparison-star charts from Sky & Telescope, and larger-scale comparison-star charts 15° wide, 5° wide, and
2° wide courtesy of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). On all charts north is up and east is to the left. The numbers next to stars are comparison-star magnitudes to the nearest tenth with the decimal points omitted.
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