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Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 13:20 
Sunset: 21:43
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38 Lyncis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 2.38°   Az: 17.60°   Direction: North-North-East

38 Lyncis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Lynx.

38 Lyncis visual magnitude is 3.82. Because of its moderate brightness, 38 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 38 Lyncis star
DSS2 image of 38 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Lyncis during the next 1000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.03 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 20m 25s
+36° 41’ 37”
13h 28m 32s
22h 48m 58s

J2000

09h 18m 50s
+36° 48’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

186.81°
44.47°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.82
Main-sequence

0.96
A3V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

38 Lyncis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 38 Lyncis double sysyem:

3.82
5.92
2.1
2.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Lyncis is distant 121.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

37.38
121.87
4 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
-0.122"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO61391
SAO61391

Visibility from Your Location

38 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 13:32 UTC (altitude: 73.0°)