26 Lyncis

26 Lyncis is a giant star in the constellation of Lynx.

26 Lyncis visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its reltive faintness, 26 Lyncis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 26 Lyncis:

Color of 26 Lyncis ⬤

Magnitude of 26 Lyncis 5.45

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 26 Lyncis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 9°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 26 Lyncis

26 Lyncis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 26 Lyncis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 54m 42s

Declination J2000 +47° 33’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 171.5°

Galactic Latitude 30.02°

Constellation Lynx

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 26 Lyncis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 26 Lyncis.

Visibility of 26 Lyncis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

26 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 15:31 UTC (altitude: 86.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 26 Lyncis

The image below is a photograph of 26 Lyncis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 26 Lyncis is -0.047 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 26 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Lyncis during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 26 Lyncis from the Sun and relative movement

26 Lyncis is distant 507.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 155.76 pc

Distance (light year) 507.79 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 26 Lyncis

26 Lyncis belongs to spectral class K4

Absolute magnitude -0.51

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature of 26 Lyncis 3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 26 Lyncis

Flamsteed designation 26 Lyncis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64144

SAO Catalogue SAO42058

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38639

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+47 1499

FK5 Catalogue 299

In Evidence

Other stars in Lynx