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 497→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Lynx 497 2 Lynx 497 3 Lynx 497 4 Lynx 497 5 Lynx 497 6 Lynx 497 7 Lynx 497 8 Lynx 497 9 Lynx 497 10 Lynx 497 11 Lynx 497 12 Lynx 497 13 Lynx 497 14 Lynx 497 15 Lynx 497 16 Lynx 497 17 Lynx 497 18 Lynx 497 19 Lynx 497 20 Lynx 497 21 Lynx 497 22 Lynx 497 23 Lynx 497 24 Lynx 497 25 Lynx 497 26 Lynx 497 27 Lynx 497 28 Lynx 497 1 Camelopardalis 497 6 November 2545 7 November 2545 8 November 2545 9 November 2545 10 November 2545 11 November 2545 12 November 2545 13 November 2545 14 November 2545 15 November 2545 16 November 2545 17 November 2545 18 November 2545 19 November 2545 20 November 2545 21 November 2545 22 November 2545 23 November 2545 24 November 2545 25 November 2545 26 November 2545 27 November 2545 28 November 2545 29 November 2545 30 November 2545 1 December 2545 2 December 2545 3 December 2545 4 December 2545 5 December 2545
MS 184820 MS 184821 MS 184822 MS 184823 MS 184824 MS 184825 MS 184826 MS 184827 MS 184828 MS 184829 MS 184830 MS 184831 MS 184832 MS 184833 MS 184834 MS 184835 MS 184836 MS 184837 MS 184838 MS 184839 MS 184840 MS 184841 MS 184842 MS 184843 MS 184844 MS 184845 MS 184846 MS 184847 MS 184848 MD 189944 MD 189945 MD 189946 MD 189947 MD 189948 MD 189949 MD 189950 MD 189951 MD 189952 MD 189953 MD 189954 MD 189955 MD 189956 MD 189957 MD 189958 MD 189959 MD 189960 MD 189961 MD 189962 MD 189963 MD 189964 MD 189965 MD 189966 MD 189967 MD 189968 MD 189969 MD 189970 MD 189971 MD 189972 MD 189973