Its story
16 Lyn has a visual magnitude of about 4.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 16 Lyn: right ascension 6h 57m 37s, declination +45° 5′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
16 Lyn. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33485, HD 50973, Gaia DR3 953838195501646848. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 33485
- Right ascension
- 6h 57m 37s
- Declination
- +45° 05′ 39″
- Magnitude
- 4.87
- Distance
- ≈ 226 ly
Data: gaia-dr3