Star profile
6 Lynx
What is 6 Lynx
6 Lyncis is an orange K-type star 182 light-years away in Lynx, the modern constellation Hevelius named that way because, according to him, lynx-sharp eyes were needed to make out its faint stars. The paradox holds: 6 Lyncis is among the stars that only let themselves be seen under very dark skies. Its orange tone betrays a surface cooler than the Sun's, settled into a more advanced stage of its life.
Where it is and when to see it
6 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 6 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 182.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 97.696° · Dec 58.163°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31039 · HD 45410
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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