43 Lyncis

Altitude: 6.6° Azimuth: 27.3° Direction: North-North-East

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

43 Lyncis visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its reltive faintness, 43 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 43 Lyncis:

Color of 43 Lyncis ⬤

Magnitude of 43 Lyncis 5.62

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

43 Lyncis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.6°
Azimuth: 27.3°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 43 Lyncis

43 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 43 Lyncis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 42m 00s

Declination J2000 +39° 45’ 28”

Galactic Longitude 182.53°

Galactic Latitude 49.03°

Constellation Lynx

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 43 Lyncis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 43 Lyncis.

Visibility of 43 Lyncis from your location

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

43 Lyncis is circumpolar and transits at 16:42 UTC (altitude: 78.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 43 Lyncis

The image below is a photograph of 43 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 43 Lyncis is -0.05 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.045 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 43 Lyncis. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Lyncis during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 43 Lyncis from the Sun and relative movement

43 Lyncis is distant 339.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.28 pc

Distance (light year) 339.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.05 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.045 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 43 Lyncis

43 Lyncis belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.53

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of 43 Lyncis 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Lyncis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Lyncis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 43 Lyncis

Flamsteed designation 43 Lyncis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD83805

SAO Catalogue SAO61636

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP47570

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 2241

FK5 Catalogue 2773

In Evidence

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