Lynx Constellation

Lynx Constellation [Stellarium]

Constellation Lynx is a northern constellation bordering Gemini, Cancer, Leo Minor, Ursa Major, Camelopardalis and Auriga. It was introduced by Johannes Hevelius in 1690 and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Lynx spans 39 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs of Cancer and Leo.

Lynx Constellation Stars

2000	2050	Star	Name	Sp. Class	Mag.	Orb
03♋07	03♋49	2 Lyn		A2	4.44	1°10′
09♋09	09♋51	15 Lyn		G5	4.35	1°10′
15♋43	16♋25	21 Lyn		A1	4.61	1°00′
22♋36	23♋18	27 Lyn		A2	4.78	1°00′
27♋34	28♋16	31 Lyn	Alsciaukat	K4	4.25	1°20′
05♌16	05♌59	10 UMa		F5	3.96	1°30′
07♌33	08♌15	HD 77912		G8	4.56	1°10′
10♌35	11♌17	38 Lyn	Maculosa	A1	3.82	1°30′
11♌51	12♌33	α Lyn	Elvashak	K7	3.14	1°50′

Lynx Astrology

Robson

History. Added by Hevelius, 1690, and sometimes called Tigris, the Tiger.

Influence. It is said to give stealthiness and cunning, many changes in life, and an adventurous career. ^[1]

Lynx Constellation [Urania’s Mirror]

Allen

Lynx sive Tigris, the Lynx or Tiger. Its stars may have been those intended by Aratos where he mentioned, in our motto, some in front of the Greater Bear; but for the modern figure we are indebted to Hevelius. He used in it nineteen stars, and in explaining the title said that those who would examine the Lynx ought to be lynx-eyed, in which he acknowledged the insignificance of the components. Of these Argelander has catalogued 42, and Heis 87; but the boundaries are not accurately determined.

The alternative name, now in disuse, came from the fancied resemblance of the many little stars to spots on the tiger; and the same word was applied by Bartschius in 1624, although as the river Tigris, to some stars that subsequently were made into the Polish Bull and the Little Fox with the Goose.

38, or ρ Lyncis; Mags. 4, 7.5; Pos. 240°; Dist. 2″.9; white and lilac. This is the northern one of a pair of stars which closely resemble the three pairs that mark the paws of Ursa Major. This pair makes nearly an isosceles triangle with the two pairs λ μ and ι κ Ursa Majoris.

Baily thought Fl. 44 Lyncis the original 18th of Ursa Major in early catalogues.

Fl. 31 Lyncis, of 4.4 magnitude, the 8th of Ptolemy’s ἀμόρφοτοι of Ursa Major, is given by Assemani as the Arabic Alsciaukat, a Thorn (Al‑Shaukah), and Masbuthat (Mabsūṭah), Expanded. ^[2]