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 240→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Lynx 240 2 Lynx 240 3 Lynx 240 4 Lynx 240 5 Lynx 240 6 Lynx 240 7 Lynx 240 8 Lynx 240 9 Lynx 240 10 Lynx 240 11 Lynx 240 12 Lynx 240 13 Lynx 240 14 Lynx 240 15 Lynx 240 16 Lynx 240 17 Lynx 240 18 Lynx 240 19 Lynx 240 20 Lynx 240 21 Lynx 240 22 Lynx 240 23 Lynx 240 24 Lynx 240 25 Lynx 240 26 Lynx 240 27 Lynx 240 28 Lynx 240 1 Camelopardalis 240 1 May 2062 2 May 2062 3 May 2062 4 May 2062 5 May 2062 6 May 2062 7 May 2062 8 May 2062 9 May 2062 10 May 2062 11 May 2062 12 May 2062 13 May 2062 14 May 2062 15 May 2062 16 May 2062 17 May 2062 18 May 2062 19 May 2062 20 May 2062 21 May 2062 22 May 2062 23 May 2062 24 May 2062 25 May 2062 26 May 2062 27 May 2062 28 May 2062 29 May 2062 30 May 2062
MS 12992 MS 12993 MS 12994 MS 12995 MS 12996 MS 12997 MS 12998 MS 12999 MS 13000 MS 13001 MS 13002 MS 13003 MS 13004 MS 13005 MS 13006 MS 13007 MS 13008 MS 13009 MS 13010 MS 13011 MS 13012 MS 13013 MS 13014 MS 13015 MS 13016 MS 13017 MS 13018 MS 13019 MS 13020 MD 13343 MD 13344 MD 13345 MD 13346 MD 13347 MD 13348 MD 13349 MD 13350 MD 13351 MD 13352 MD 13353 MD 13354 MD 13355 MD 13356 MD 13357 MD 13358 MD 13359 MD 13360 MD 13361 MD 13362 MD 13363 MD 13364 MD 13365 MD 13366 MD 13367 MD 13368 MD 13369 MD 13370 MD 13371 MD 13372