Star profile
26 Lynx
What is 26 Lynx
26 Lyncis burns orange in a constellation named in the seventeenth century by Hevelius, who claimed only a lynx's eyes could pick out its stars. About 841 light-years away, its light departed when Europe was still stitching gunpowder to its earliest firearms. K-class and cool, it is a giant that tints the telescopic field a muted copper, lost among faint neighbours in a sky region scarce in bright landmarks.
Where it is and when to see it
26 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: 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 26 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 840.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 118.678° · Dec 47.565°
- Catalogue
- HIP 38639 · HD 64144
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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