Lynx

Lynx, the Lynx, sprawls faintly between Auriga-Gemini and Ursa Major, its brightest star Alpha Lyncis seen about three-quarters of the way up the left-hand edge.

Lynx is best seen from December through March. Click on image for full size (52K JPG) Windows Original Lynx is not a very well known constellation. A lynx is a small nocturnal member of the cat family.

Lynx, the lynx: A modern constellation created around 1687 by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius from stars found between Ursa Major and Leo Minor.

Lynx Transit Date of principal star: 10 February The name Lynx never stood for the animal itself. Hevelius, who invented the constellation, said anyone who wanted to study the stars here should have eyes like a lynx.

Lynx Abbreviation: Lyn Genitive: Lyncis Translation: The Lynx Peoria Astronomical Society Lynx Page Interactive star chart (Java applet) ...

Lynx Map created in Guide 7.0 with the figure outline based on Johannes Hevelius' Uranographia (1690). Click on the object's name to access its image or click on the name of adjacent constellation to see its map.

Since Lynx is a particularly faint constellation, and was not recognised before the 17th century, it has no pre 17th century mythology associated with it.

Lynx Abbreviation: Lyn English name: Lynx Coordinates see Stellar data Particulars: ...

Lynx as shown on the Uranographia of Johann Bode. To see Hevelius's version of Lynx, click here.

Lynx About this Java applet / Instructions Constellations is written using Java. You must have a Java enabled browser such as Netscape Navigator to be able to see this applet. Back to Constellations Home Page ...

Lynx A lynx is any of four medium-sized wild Felidae. All are members of the genus Lynx, but there is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classify them as part of the genus Felis.... es.

Constellations - Lynx - 31 Lyn (Alsciaukat) Identification Data Common Name ...

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Finding Camelopardalis:  Camelopardalis can be found between Perseus, Auriga and Lynx, the hind quarters in the Milky Way. With the naked eye locate Capella (alpha Aurigae) .

The general results indicate that one of the drifts is moving (relatively to the sun) directly away from a point near a Ophiuchi (about R.A. 270°, Dec. + 12°), and the other from a point in Lynx (R.A. 83°, Dec. +60°).

Unlike in the present-day universe, the Lynx arc's stars have surface temperatures of 80,000° C - more than twice as hot as the stars in the Orion nebula.

Laika (meaning "Barker") - died during a mission (Sputnik 2, November 1957) Lisichka (meaning "Little Fox") and Bars (meaning "Panther" or "Lynx") - died during a test flight on July 28, 1960 Strelka (meaning "Little Arrow") , ...

Lyn, Lyne International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Lynx. See constellation. Lynx (abbr Lyn, Lyne) See constellation. Lyr, Lyra International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Lyra. See constellation.

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41 Lyncis (also called HD 81688) is a star located in Ursa Major constellation, despite it designation genitive Lyncis that should have been located in Lynx constellation. It is an orange giant with magnitude 5.4 at 288 light years. [edit] Planet ...

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the Milky Way, the deserted area now considered as the constellations Camelopardalis and Lynx, and the constellations Gemini, Auriga, and Canis Major), this may be the origin of the myth of the cattle of Geryon, ...

HEVELIUS, JOHANNES Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) was a German astronomer who published the first moon map. He also published a celestial atlas introducing many constellations (including Canes Venatici, Lacerta, Lynx, Sextans, etc.).

Three years after his death in 1687, Hevelius' Prodromus Astronomiae was published. Inside, he had created several new constellations, including Canes Venatici, Lacerta, Leo Minor, Lynx, Sextans, Scutum, and Vulpecula.

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