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Astronomy)
Pyxis, or the Compass, is a constellation on the
southern hemisphere, and along with Carina,
Puppis and Vela, forms the larger constellation
Argo Navis, which was dismantled in
1752 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
It's "real" name is Pyxis Nautica, or literally
the Nautical Box. Originally, it was called
Malus, the mast, but de Lacaille was
a bit of a technophile, and changed it.