15-Lyn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 15-Lyn is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:35, 38° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 11° above your northern horizon.
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Name
15-Lyn
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h57m16s [2] |
| Declination: | +58°25'21" [2] |
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: | 4.36 (V) [2] 5.42 (BT) [2] 4.45 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 54.7 parsec 178.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.82 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 123.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 177.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.67 |
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