Star profile
2 Lynx
Variable starWhat is 2 Lynx
2 Lyncis pulses quietly some 157 light-years away, set within one of the faintest and most modern northern constellations —Lynx, sketched by Hevelius for those with lynx-sharp eyes. White and hot, of class A, its brightness wavers just enough to have earned it the variable-star tag UZ Lyn. A subtle marker in a constellation that demands dark skies to even appear.
Where it is and when to see it
2 Lynx lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 82° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 72° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 31° S.
It ranks no. 6 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 38° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 2 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.44
- Distance
- 156.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 94.906° · Dec 59.011°
- Catalogue
- HIP 30060 · HD 43378
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Other stars in Lynx
Lynx has 60 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
See all 60 stars in Lynx