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 106→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lynx 106 2 Lynx 106 3 Lynx 106 4 Lynx 106 5 Lynx 106 6 Lynx 106 7 Lynx 106 8 Lynx 106 9 Lynx 106 10 Lynx 106 11 Lynx 106 12 Lynx 106 13 Lynx 106 14 Lynx 106 15 Lynx 106 16 Lynx 106 17 Lynx 106 18 Lynx 106 19 Lynx 106 20 Lynx 106 21 Lynx 106 22 Lynx 106 23 Lynx 106 24 Lynx 106 25 Lynx 106 26 Lynx 106 27 Lynx 106 28 Lynx 106 1 Camelopardalis 106 24 March 1810 25 March 1810 26 March 1810 27 March 1810 28 March 1810 29 March 1810 30 March 1810 31 March 1810 1 April 1810 2 April 1810 3 April 1810 4 April 1810 5 April 1810 6 April 1810 7 April 1810 8 April 1810 9 April 1810 10 April 1810 11 April 1810 12 April 1810 13 April 1810 14 April 1810 15 April 1810 16 April 1810 17 April 1810 18 April 1810 19 April 1810 20 April 1810 21 April 1810 22 April 1810
MS -76599 MS -76598 MS -76597 MS -76596 MS -76595 MS -76594 MS -76593 MS -76592 MS -76591 MS -76590 MS -76589 MS -76588 MS -76587 MS -76586 MS -76585 MS -76584 MS -76583 MS -76582 MS -76581 MS -76580 MS -76579 MS -76578 MS -76577 MS -76576 MS -76575 MS -76574 MS -76573 MS -76572 MS -76571 MD -78737 MD -78736 MD -78735 MD -78734 MD -78733 MD -78732 MD -78731 MD -78730 MD -78729 MD -78728 MD -78727 MD -78726 MD -78725 MD -78724 MD -78723 MD -78722 MD -78721 MD -78720 MD -78719 MD -78718 MD -78717 MD -78716 MD -78715 MD -78714 MD -78713 MD -78712 MD -78711 MD -78710 MD -78709 MD -78708