18-Lyn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 18-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 03:57, 21° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:39 (EDT), 16° above your northern horizon.
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Name
18-Lyn
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h15m54s [4] |
| Declination: | +59°38'10" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: | 5.21 (V) [2] 6.59 (BT) [2] 5.32 (VT) [2] 4.90 (G) [4] 5.44 (BP) [4] 4.21 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 60.3 parsec 196.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 277.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 201.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.31 |
Sources