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CONSTELLATION OF LYNX |
Name: Lynx
Abbreviation: Lyn
Meaning: Lynx Cat
Right Ascension: 8h
Declination: +45º
Area (Degrees squared): 545
Stars with known planets: 5
Bordering Constellations: Ursa Major, Camelopardalis, Auriga,
Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Leo Minor
Visible at latitudes between +90º and -55º and best at 21.00h during March. In the northern hemisphere, the constellation of Lynx is considered a
springtime constellation, but is visible during almost all months of the year depending on the time of night.
Lynx was one of the 17th century constellations introduced by Johannes Hevelius and is faint with the brightest of its stars forming a zig zag line.
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Deep Sky Objects:
NGC 2419 - a Globular Cluster, known as the Intergalactic Wanderer. At 300,000 light years its the most distant known of its kind and requires a
telescope for observation. Magnitude 10.4. Globular clusters are lage groups of stars that are gravitationally bound to a galaxy around which they rotate
outside of the central region(s). The Intergalactic Wanderer is further from the Milky Way than some of our galaxy's satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds, and therefore seems to be near the theoretical limit for globular clusters bound to our galaxy.
NGC 2537 - an unusually shaped Galaxy, known as The Bear Paw Galaxy. Magnitude 11.7.
NGC 2683 - a Spiral Galaxy, edge-on, of 9.7 magnitude and 16 million light-years away.
Numbered Stars with Magnitudes:
1. +3.10
2. +3.90
3. +4.55
4. +4.15
5. +4.25
6. +4.60
7. +4.35
8. +4.40
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