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 -362→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lynx -362 2 Lynx -362 3 Lynx -362 4 Lynx -362 5 Lynx -362 6 Lynx -362 7 Lynx -362 8 Lynx -362 9 Lynx -362 10 Lynx -362 11 Lynx -362 12 Lynx -362 13 Lynx -362 14 Lynx -362 15 Lynx -362 16 Lynx -362 17 Lynx -362 18 Lynx -362 19 Lynx -362 20 Lynx -362 21 Lynx -362 22 Lynx -362 23 Lynx -362 24 Lynx -362 25 Lynx -362 26 Lynx -362 27 Lynx -362 28 Lynx -362 1 Apus -361 24 October 0929 25 October 0929 26 October 0929 27 October 0929 28 October 0929 29 October 0929 30 October 0929 31 October 0929 1 November 0929 2 November 0929 3 November 0929 4 November 0929 5 November 0929 6 November 0929 7 November 0929 8 November 0929 9 November 0929 10 November 0929 11 November 0929 12 November 0929 13 November 0929 14 November 0929 15 November 0929 16 November 0929 17 November 0929 18 November 0929 19 November 0929 20 November 0929 21 November 0929 22 November 0929
MS -389472 MS -389473 MS -389474 MS -389475 MS -389476 MS -389477 MS -389478 MS -389479 MS -389480 MS -389481 MS -389482 MS -389483 MS -389484 MS -389485 MS -389486 MS -389487 MS -389488 MS -389489 MS -389490 MS -389491 MS -389492 MS -389493 MS -389494 MS -389495 MS -389496 MS -389497 MS -389498 MS -389499 MS -389444 MD -400301 MD -400300 MD -400299 MD -400298 MD -400297 MD -400296 MD -400295 MD -400294 MD -400293 MD -400292 MD -400291 MD -400290 MD -400289 MD -400288 MD -400287 MD -400286 MD -400285 MD -400284 MD -400283 MD -400282 MD -400281 MD -400280 MD -400279 MD -400278 MD -400277 MD -400276 MD -400275 MD -400274 MD -400273 MD -400272