Star profile
24 Lynx
What is 24 Lynx
24 Lyncis is a white A-type star 267 light-years away, suspended in Lynx —a constellation so faint that Hevelius famously said one must have lynx-eyes to make it out. Its surface hovers near ten thousand degrees, giving it that clean blue-white tone without the yellowish cast of the Sun. It is one of the few appreciable lights in a stretch of sky that looks nearly empty to the unaided eye.
Where it is and when to see it
24 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 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 31° S.
It ranks no. 13 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 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 24 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.93
- Distance
- 266.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 115.752° · Dec 58.710°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37609 · HD 61497
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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