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 1309→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Lynx 1309 2 Lynx 1309 3 Lynx 1309 4 Lynx 1309 5 Lynx 1309 6 Lynx 1309 7 Lynx 1309 8 Lynx 1309 9 Lynx 1309 10 Lynx 1309 11 Lynx 1309 12 Lynx 1309 13 Lynx 1309 14 Lynx 1309 15 Lynx 1309 16 Lynx 1309 17 Lynx 1309 18 Lynx 1309 19 Lynx 1309 20 Lynx 1309 21 Lynx 1309 22 Lynx 1309 23 Lynx 1309 24 Lynx 1309 25 Lynx 1309 26 Lynx 1309 27 Lynx 1309 28 Lynx 1309 1 Camelopardalis 1309 12 July 4073 13 July 4073 14 July 4073 15 July 4073 16 July 4073 17 July 4073 18 July 4073 19 July 4073 20 July 4073 21 July 4073 22 July 4073 23 July 4073 24 July 4073 25 July 4073 26 July 4073 27 July 4073 28 July 4073 29 July 4073 30 July 4073 31 July 4073 1 August 4073 2 August 4073 3 August 4073 4 August 4073 5 August 4073 6 August 4073 7 August 4073 8 August 4073 9 August 4073 10 August 4073
MS 727714 MS 727715 MS 727716 MS 727717 MS 727718 MS 727719 MS 727720 MS 727721 MS 727722 MS 727723 MS 727724 MS 727725 MS 727726 MS 727727 MS 727728 MS 727729 MS 727730 MS 727731 MS 727732 MS 727733 MS 727734 MS 727735 MS 727736 MS 727737 MS 727738 MS 727739 MS 727740 MS 727741 MS 727742 MD 747918 MD 747919 MD 747920 MD 747921 MD 747922 MD 747923 MD 747924 MD 747925 MD 747926 MD 747927 MD 747928 MD 747929 MD 747930 MD 747931 MD 747932 MD 747933 MD 747934 MD 747935 MD 747936 MD 747937 MD 747938 MD 747939 MD 747940 MD 747941 MD 747942 MD 747943 MD 747944 MD 747945 MD 747946 MD 747947