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 -44→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lynx -44 2 Lynx -44 3 Lynx -44 4 Lynx -44 5 Lynx -44 6 Lynx -44 7 Lynx -44 8 Lynx -44 9 Lynx -44 10 Lynx -44 11 Lynx -44 12 Lynx -44 13 Lynx -44 14 Lynx -44 15 Lynx -44 16 Lynx -44 17 Lynx -44 18 Lynx -44 19 Lynx -44 20 Lynx -44 21 Lynx -44 22 Lynx -44 23 Lynx -44 24 Lynx -44 25 Lynx -44 26 Lynx -44 27 Lynx -44 28 Lynx -44 1 Apus -43 6 February 1528 7 February 1528 8 February 1528 9 February 1528 10 February 1528 11 February 1528 12 February 1528 13 February 1528 14 February 1528 15 February 1528 16 February 1528 17 February 1528 18 February 1528 19 February 1528 20 February 1528 21 February 1528 22 February 1528 23 February 1528 24 February 1528 25 February 1528 26 February 1528 27 February 1528 28 February 1528 29 February 1528 1 March 1528 2 March 1528 3 March 1528 4 March 1528 5 March 1528 6 March 1528
MS -176859 MS -176860 MS -176861 MS -176862 MS -176863 MS -176864 MS -176865 MS -176866 MS -176867 MS -176868 MS -176869 MS -176870 MS -176871 MS -176872 MS -176873 MS -176874 MS -176875 MS -176876 MS -176877 MS -176878 MS -176879 MS -176880 MS -176881 MS -176882 MS -176883 MS -176884 MS -176885 MS -176886 MS -176831 MD -181782 MD -181781 MD -181780 MD -181779 MD -181778 MD -181777 MD -181776 MD -181775 MD -181774 MD -181773 MD -181772 MD -181771 MD -181770 MD -181769 MD -181768 MD -181767 MD -181766 MD -181765 MD -181764 MD -181763 MD -181762 MD -181761 MD -181760 MD -181759 MD -181758 MD -181757 MD -181756 MD -181755 MD -181754 MD -181753