8-Lyn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 8-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 04:12, 26° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:42 (EDT), 15° above your northern horizon.
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Name
8-Lyn
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h37m40s [4] |
| Declination: | +61°28'48" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: | 5.95 (V) [2] 7.05 (BT) [2] 6.04 (VT) [2] 5.69 (G) [4] 6.16 (BP) [4] 5.06 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 50.4 parsec 164.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.86 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 343.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 217.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.44 |
Sources