IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Lynx
The Lynx
OriginHevelius
AbbreviationLyn
GenitiveLyncis
Pronunciation/ˈlɪŋks/ genitive /ˈlɪnsɪs/
LINKS
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Lyncis
Right Ascention 9h 21m Declination +34° 23'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.269 h (16.1 min)
Lynx is another modern constellation created by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the late seventeenth century to fill in the unformed areas on his chart. It represents a Lynx, a wild cat found in North America. Being a newer constellation, Lynx has no Greek mythology associated to it.
www.underthesky.com
Lynx from Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson (1822). Source image courtesy the US Naval Observatory. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Lynx -142→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lynx -142 2 Lynx -142 3 Lynx -142 4 Lynx -142 5 Lynx -142 6 Lynx -142 7 Lynx -142 8 Lynx -142 9 Lynx -142 10 Lynx -142 11 Lynx -142 12 Lynx -142 13 Lynx -142 14 Lynx -142 15 Lynx -142 16 Lynx -142 17 Lynx -142 18 Lynx -142 19 Lynx -142 20 Lynx -142 21 Lynx -142 22 Lynx -142 23 Lynx -142 24 Lynx -142 25 Lynx -142 26 Lynx -142 27 Lynx -142 28 Lynx -142 1 Apus -141 20 September 1343 21 September 1343 22 September 1343 23 September 1343 24 September 1343 25 September 1343 26 September 1343 27 September 1343 28 September 1343 29 September 1343 30 September 1343 1 October 1343 2 October 1343 3 October 1343 4 October 1343 5 October 1343 6 October 1343 7 October 1343 8 October 1343 9 October 1343 10 October 1343 11 October 1343 12 October 1343 13 October 1343 14 October 1343 15 October 1343 16 October 1343 17 October 1343 18 October 1343 19 October 1343
MS -242382 MS -242383 MS -242384 MS -242385 MS -242386 MS -242387 MS -242388 MS -242389 MS -242390 MS -242391 MS -242392 MS -242393 MS -242394 MS -242395 MS -242396 MS -242397 MS -242398 MS -242399 MS -242400 MS -242401 MS -242402 MS -242403 MS -242404 MS -242405 MS -242406 MS -242407 MS -242408 MS -242409 MS -242354 MD -249125 MD -249124 MD -249123 MD -249122 MD -249121 MD -249120 MD -249119 MD -249118 MD -249117 MD -249116 MD -249115 MD -249114 MD -249113 MD -249112 MD -249111 MD -249110 MD -249109 MD -249108 MD -249107 MD -249106 MD -249105 MD -249104 MD -249103 MD -249102 MD -249101 MD -249100 MD -249099 MD -249098 MD -249097 MD -249096