Star profile
16 Lynx
What is 16 Lynx
16 Lyncis is a white A-type star 240 light-years away, set within Lynx, the elusive constellation Hevelius named for needing the eyes of a lynx to make it out. With no bright guide stars, observers must hunt patiently for it between the Great Bear and the Charioteer. Its light departed as the slow industrial awakening of the eighteenth century was beginning in Europe.
Where it is and when to see it
16 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 January, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 84° up.
- From New York it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 45° S.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 29° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 16 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.90
- Distance
- 240.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 104.405° · Dec 45.094°
- Catalogue
- HIP 33485 · HD 50973
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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