Heliocodex

Meet a star / Constellations

Lynx

99 stars in Lynx can be seen by eye from a dark place. 2 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

100 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. Alpha LyncisEasy to see, 200 light years
  2. 38 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 120 light years
  3. HIP 44248Seen away from bright lights, 52 light years
  4. AlsciaukatSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  5. 15 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  6. 2 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  7. HIP 44700Seen away from bright lights, 820 light years
  8. 21 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 270 light years
  9. 27 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  10. HIP 47029Seen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  11. 12 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 210 light years
  12. 16 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 240 light years
  13. 24 LyncisSeen away from bright lights, 270 light years
  14. HIP 35384Seen away from bright lights, 350 light years
  15. 1 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  16. 35 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  17. HIP 37946Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  18. 18 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  19. 5 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  20. 42 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  21. 36 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  22. HIP 37701Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  23. 14 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  24. 13 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  25. 34 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  26. 22 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 66 light years
  27. HIP 34912Just seen from a dark place, 720 light years
  28. 26 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  29. HIP 41152Just seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  30. HIP 30651Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  31. HIP 35136Just seen from a dark place, 55 light years
  32. HIP 32609Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  33. HIP 37441Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  34. 43 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  35. 29 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  36. HIP 37023Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  37. HIP 36348Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  38. HIP 43923Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  39. HIP 35643Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  40. 33 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  41. HIP 37369Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  42. HIP 39221Just seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  43. HIP 35984Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  44. 6 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  45. 11 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  46. HIP 40305Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  47. HIP 41935Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  48. 30 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  49. HIP 43894Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  50. HIP 39995Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  51. HIP 35304Just seen from a dark place, 600 light years
  52. HIP 37046Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  53. HIP 37140Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  54. HIP 45661Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  55. 8 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  56. HIP 44897Just seen from a dark place, 63 light years
  57. HIP 43553Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  58. HIP 43550Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  59. HIP 45412Just seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  60. HIP 41224Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  61. HIP 38325Just seen from a dark place, 97 light years
  62. HIP 33444Just seen from a dark place, 810 light years
  63. 4 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  64. HIP 41262Just seen from a dark place, 870 light years
  65. 23 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  66. HIP 45858Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  67. HIP 43685Just seen from a dark place, 790 light years
  68. HIP 34217Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  69. HIP 41798Just seen from a dark place, 830 light years
  70. An unnamed star in LynxJust seen from a dark place, 54 light years
  71. 32 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  72. HIP 44231Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  73. HIP 43410Just seen from a dark place, 92 light years
  74. HIP 41894Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  75. HIP 38723Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  76. 25 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 810 light years
  77. HIP 40677Just seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  78. HIP 39938Just seen from a dark place, 670 light years
  79. HIP 32261Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  80. HIP 41484Just seen from a dark place, 73 light years
  81. HIP 37091Just seen from a dark place, 870 light years
  82. HIP 39279Just seen from a dark place, 820 light years
  83. 28 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  84. HIP 38449Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  85. HIP 38959Just seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  86. HIP 36965Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  87. HIP 34168Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  88. HIP 44331Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  89. HIP 36740Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  90. HIP 34250Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  91. HIP 36351Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  92. HIP 36779Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  93. 7 LyncisJust seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  94. HIP 30357Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  95. HIP 39348Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  96. HIP 40086Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  97. HIP 38349Just seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  98. HIP 38403Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  99. HIP 39094Just seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  100. StriborNeeds a telescope, 250 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.