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24 Lyncis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 55.08°   Az: 53.41°   Direction: North-East

24 Lyncis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Lynx.

24 Lyncis visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 Lyncis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 24 Lyncis star
DSS2 image of 24 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Lyncis during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 45m 05s
+58° 38’ 59”
19h 51m 42s
03h 36m 47s

J2000

07h 43m 00s
+58° 42’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

158.51°
29.53°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 24 Lyncis star
Simplified finder chart for 24 Lyncis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Sub-giant

0.68
A3IV
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

24 Lyncis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Lyncis double sysyem:

4.99
10.79
5.8
54.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Lyncis is distant 237.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

72.73
237.09
9 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO26474
SAO26474

Visibility from Your Location

24 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 06:27 UTC (altitude: 82.8°)