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 211→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Lynx 211 2 Lynx 211 3 Lynx 211 4 Lynx 211 5 Lynx 211 6 Lynx 211 7 Lynx 211 8 Lynx 211 9 Lynx 211 10 Lynx 211 11 Lynx 211 12 Lynx 211 13 Lynx 211 14 Lynx 211 15 Lynx 211 16 Lynx 211 17 Lynx 211 18 Lynx 211 19 Lynx 211 20 Lynx 211 21 Lynx 211 22 Lynx 211 23 Lynx 211 24 Lynx 211 25 Lynx 211 26 Lynx 211 27 Lynx 211 28 Lynx 211 1 Camelopardalis 211 9 October 2007 10 October 2007 11 October 2007 12 October 2007 13 October 2007 14 October 2007 15 October 2007 16 October 2007 17 October 2007 18 October 2007 19 October 2007 20 October 2007 21 October 2007 22 October 2007 23 October 2007 24 October 2007 25 October 2007 26 October 2007 27 October 2007 28 October 2007 29 October 2007 30 October 2007 31 October 2007 1 November 2007 2 November 2007 3 November 2007 4 November 2007 5 November 2007 6 November 2007 7 November 2007
MS -6397 MS -6396 MS -6395 MS -6394 MS -6393 MS -6392 MS -6391 MS -6390 MS -6389 MS -6388 MS -6387 MS -6386 MS -6385 MS -6384 MS -6383 MS -6382 MS -6381 MS -6380 MS -6379 MS -6378 MS -6377 MS -6376 MS -6375 MS -6374 MS -6373 MS -6372 MS -6371 MS -6370 MS -6369 MD -6585 MD -6584 MD -6583 MD -6582 MD -6581 MD -6580 MD -6579 MD -6578 MD -6577 MD -6576 MD -6575 MD -6574 MD -6573 MD -6572 MD -6571 MD -6570 MD -6569 MD -6568 MD -6567 MD -6566 MD -6565 MD -6564 MD -6563 MD -6562 MD -6561 MD -6560 MD -6559 MD -6558 MD -6557 MD -6556