Star profile
35 Lynx
What is 35 Lynx
35 Lyncis is an orange K-type giant pulsing some 265 light-years away within Lynx, the constellation that Hevelius named in the 17th century because, as he put it, only someone with the eyes of a lynx could pick out its faint stars. It inhabits a region poor in bright luminaries, which makes it one of the more noticeable points in an almost empty stretch of sky.
Where it is and when to see it
35 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 82° up.
- From New York it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 46° S.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 60 stars of Lynx in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lynx, the brightest: it lies about 11° 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 35 Lynx
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.15
- Distance
- 265.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 132.987° · Dec 43.727°
- Catalogue
- HIP 43531 · HD 75506
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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