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 483→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Lynx 483 2 Lynx 483 3 Lynx 483 4 Lynx 483 5 Lynx 483 6 Lynx 483 7 Lynx 483 8 Lynx 483 9 Lynx 483 10 Lynx 483 11 Lynx 483 12 Lynx 483 13 Lynx 483 14 Lynx 483 15 Lynx 483 16 Lynx 483 17 Lynx 483 18 Lynx 483 19 Lynx 483 20 Lynx 483 21 Lynx 483 22 Lynx 483 23 Lynx 483 24 Lynx 483 25 Lynx 483 26 Lynx 483 27 Lynx 483 28 Lynx 483 1 Camelopardalis 483 6 July 2519 7 July 2519 8 July 2519 9 July 2519 10 July 2519 11 July 2519 12 July 2519 13 July 2519 14 July 2519 15 July 2519 16 July 2519 17 July 2519 18 July 2519 19 July 2519 20 July 2519 21 July 2519 22 July 2519 23 July 2519 24 July 2519 25 July 2519 26 July 2519 27 July 2519 28 July 2519 29 July 2519 30 July 2519 31 July 2519 1 August 2519 2 August 2519 3 August 2519 4 August 2519
MS 175460 MS 175461 MS 175462 MS 175463 MS 175464 MS 175465 MS 175466 MS 175467 MS 175468 MS 175469 MS 175470 MS 175471 MS 175472 MS 175473 MS 175474 MS 175475 MS 175476 MS 175477 MS 175478 MS 175479 MS 175480 MS 175481 MS 175482 MS 175483 MS 175484 MS 175485 MS 175486 MS 175487 MS 175488 MD 180324 MD 180325 MD 180326 MD 180327 MD 180328 MD 180329 MD 180330 MD 180331 MD 180332 MD 180333 MD 180334 MD 180335 MD 180336 MD 180337 MD 180338 MD 180339 MD 180340 MD 180341 MD 180342 MD 180343 MD 180344 MD 180345 MD 180346 MD 180347 MD 180348 MD 180349 MD 180350 MD 180351 MD 180352 MD 180353