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Sunset: 17:14
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42 Lyncis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 20.63°   Az: 50.74°   Direction: North-East

42 Lyncis is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Lynx.

42 Lyncis visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 42 Lyncis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 42 Lyncis star
DSS2 image of 42 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Lyncis during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 39m 55s
+40° 07’ 31”
16h 45m 35s
02h 25m 30s

J2000

09h 38m 21s
+40° 14’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

181.86°
48.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 42 Lyncis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Hypergiant

2.33
F0V
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

42 Lyncis is distant 125.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

38.39
125.14
-3 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO42958
SAO42958

Visibility from Your Location

42 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 23:54 UTC (altitude: 78.6°)