Star profile
15 Lynx
What is 15 Lynx
15 Lyncis is in fact a binary system 178 light-years away, made of a yellow G5 giant and a hotter F-type companion. The primary spans nearly seven solar radii and shines around 33 times brighter than the Sun, in a stretch of Lynx with no bright neighbours to compete. Modest to the unaided eye, through a telescope it resolves into an uneven pair of fires orbiting in silence.
Where it is and when to see it
15 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 83° 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 32° S.
It ranks no. 5 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 34° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 15 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.35
- Distance
- 178.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 104.319° · Dec 58.423°
- Catalogue
- HIP 33449 · HD 50522
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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