Star profile
34 Lynx
What is 34 Lynx
34 Lyncis lies about 180 light-years away within the Lynx, a constellation so faint that Hevelius gave it that name because only those with lynx eyes could spot it. It is a type-G star much like our Sun, a distant sister burning with the same yellow palette. Its light set out at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Where it is and when to see it
34 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 85° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 10° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 44° S.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 14° 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 34 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.35
- Distance
- 180.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 130.254° · Dec 45.834°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42604 · HD 73593
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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