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 -731→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lynx -731 2 Lynx -731 3 Lynx -731 4 Lynx -731 5 Lynx -731 6 Lynx -731 7 Lynx -731 8 Lynx -731 9 Lynx -731 10 Lynx -731 11 Lynx -731 12 Lynx -731 13 Lynx -731 14 Lynx -731 15 Lynx -731 16 Lynx -731 17 Lynx -731 18 Lynx -731 19 Lynx -731 20 Lynx -731 21 Lynx -731 22 Lynx -731 23 Lynx -731 24 Lynx -731 25 Lynx -731 26 Lynx -731 27 Lynx -731 28 Lynx -731 2 Apus -730 30 July 0235 31 July 0235 1 August 0235 2 August 0235 3 August 0235 4 August 0235 5 August 0235 6 August 0235 7 August 0235 8 August 0235 9 August 0235 10 August 0235 11 August 0235 12 August 0235 13 August 0235 14 August 0235 15 August 0235 16 August 0235 17 August 0235 18 August 0235 19 August 0235 20 August 0235 21 August 0235 22 August 0235 23 August 0235 24 August 0235 25 August 0235 26 August 0235 27 August 0235 28 August 0235
MS -636184 MS -636185 MS -636186 MS -636187 MS -636188 MS -636189 MS -636190 MS -636191 MS -636192 MS -636193 MS -636194 MS -636195 MS -636196 MS -636197 MS -636198 MS -636199 MS -636200 MS -636201 MS -636202 MS -636203 MS -636204 MS -636205 MS -636206 MS -636207 MS -636208 MS -636209 MS -636210 MS -636211 MS -636156 MD -653866 MD -653865 MD -653864 MD -653863 MD -653862 MD -653861 MD -653860 MD -653859 MD -653858 MD -653857 MD -653856 MD -653855 MD -653854 MD -653853 MD -653852 MD -653851 MD -653850 MD -653849 MD -653848 MD -653847 MD -653846 MD -653845 MD -653844 MD -653843 MD -653842 MD -653841 MD -653840 MD -653839 MD -653838 MD -653837