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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.
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Lynx from Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson (1822). Source image courtesy the US Naval Observatory. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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