UW-Lyn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , UW-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, 28° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:39 (EDT), 15° above your northern horizon.
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Name
UW-Lyn
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h17m54s [4] |
| Declination: | +61°30'54" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.04 (V) [2] 7.43 (BT) [2] 5.24 (VT) [2] 3.77 (G) [4] 5.26 (BP) [4] 2.72 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 226.8 parsec 739.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.86 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 9.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 254.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.74 |
Sources