VY Pyxidis

VY Pyxidis is a BL Herculis variable (type II Cepheid) in the constellation of Pyxis. It ranges between apparent magnitudes 
7.13 and 7.40 over a period of 1.23995 days. Located around 650 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 45 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 5892 K.