17-Lyn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 17-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, 22° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:42 (EDT), 16° above your northern horizon.
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Name
17-Lyn
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 07h09m37s [3] |
| Declination: | +60°47'30" [3] |
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: | 6.65 (V) [1] 8.05 (BT) [1] 6.76 (VT) [1] 6.35 (G) [3] 6.89 (BP) [3] 5.66 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 115.5 parsec 376.4 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.09 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 48.2 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 190.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.34 |
Sources