Star profile
33 Lynx
What is 33 Lynx
33 Lyncis shines with white light typical of an A-class star, about 355 light-years away within Lynx, a constellation so faint that Hevelius named it that way because only those with the eyes of a lynx could trace it. Its surface, much hotter than the Sun s, gives it that bright, vibrant tone. The radiation reaching us tonight left around 1670, in the age of Newton.
Where it is and when to see it
33 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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Astronomical data for 33 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 355.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 128.683° · Dec 36.420°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42090 · HD 72524
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Other stars in Lynx
Lynx has 60 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lynx3.14
- 38 Lynx3.82
- HIP 442483.96
- HIP 363485.70
- HIP 439235.72
- HIP 356435.74
- HIP 373695.77
- HIP 392215.78