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 885→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Lynx 885 2 Lynx 885 3 Lynx 885 4 Lynx 885 5 Lynx 885 6 Lynx 885 7 Lynx 885 8 Lynx 885 9 Lynx 885 10 Lynx 885 11 Lynx 885 12 Lynx 885 13 Lynx 885 14 Lynx 885 15 Lynx 885 16 Lynx 885 17 Lynx 885 18 Lynx 885 19 Lynx 885 20 Lynx 885 21 Lynx 885 22 Lynx 885 23 Lynx 885 24 Lynx 885 25 Lynx 885 26 Lynx 885 27 Lynx 885 28 Lynx 885 1 Camelopardalis 885 29 October 3275 30 October 3275 31 October 3275 1 November 3275 2 November 3275 3 November 3275 4 November 3275 5 November 3275 6 November 3275 7 November 3275 8 November 3275 9 November 3275 10 November 3275 11 November 3275 12 November 3275 13 November 3275 14 November 3275 15 November 3275 16 November 3275 17 November 3275 18 November 3275 19 November 3275 20 November 3275 21 November 3275 22 November 3275 23 November 3275 24 November 3275 25 November 3275 26 November 3275 27 November 3275
MS 444233 MS 444234 MS 444235 MS 444236 MS 444237 MS 444238 MS 444239 MS 444240 MS 444241 MS 444242 MS 444243 MS 444244 MS 444245 MS 444246 MS 444247 MS 444248 MS 444249 MS 444250 MS 444251 MS 444252 MS 444253 MS 444254 MS 444255 MS 444256 MS 444257 MS 444258 MS 444259 MS 444260 MS 444261 MD 456563 MD 456564 MD 456565 MD 456566 MD 456567 MD 456568 MD 456569 MD 456570 MD 456571 MD 456572 MD 456573 MD 456574 MD 456575 MD 456576 MD 456577 MD 456578 MD 456579 MD 456580 MD 456581 MD 456582 MD 456583 MD 456584 MD 456585 MD 456586 MD 456587 MD 456588 MD 456589 MD 456590 MD 456591 MD 456592