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27 Lyncis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 40.02°   Az: 305.77°   Direction: North-West

27 Lyncis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Lynx.

27 Lyncis visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 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 27 Lyncis star
DSS2 image of 27 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Lyncis during the next 10000 years (-9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 10m 19s
+51° 25’ 57”
05h 41m 30s
13h 51m 49s

J2000

08h 08m 27s
+51° 30’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

167.19°
32.65°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 27 Lyncis star
Simplified finder chart for 27 Lyncis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.84
Main-sequence

0.71
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

27 Lyncis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 27 Lyncis double sysyem:

4.84
11.94
7.1
45.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Lyncis is distant 217.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

66.84
217.91
11 km/s
-0.059 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO26687
SAO26687

Visibility from Your Location

27 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 05:18 UTC (altitude: 90.0°)