Pyxis. The Mariner's Compass, has several binaries for small to medium telescopes. Although faint and unimpressive, Pyxis does have two interesting binaries -- zeta and epsilon (both of which however require telescopes to resolve the faint companion). It is recommended thay you review Puppis first.
Beta Pyxidis is the southern most point of the asterism, which is nothing more than a straight line from beta, through alpha, and up to gamma Pyxidis. The star is easiest found by starting at zeta Puppis. Put zeta at the far southwest corner of your glasses gives. Now place those stars found at the north-east down to the southwestern edge. Two brighter stars come into view from the east, alpha and beta Pyxidis.
Gamma Pyxidis is an orange giant with a radius of more than ten Suns. The star forms the northern point of the simple asterism. There isn't much in the constellation to explore, even for owners of small or medium telescopes. Yet, just knowing where to find the more obscure constellations is part of learning the night skies.
