Its story
18 Lyn has a visual magnitude of about 4.90: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 18 Lyn: right ascension 7h 15m 55s, declination +59° 38′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
18 Lyn. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 35146, HD 55280, Gaia DR3 990705816813310336. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 35146
- Right ascension
- 7h 15m 55s
- Declination
- +59° 38′ 11″
- Magnitude
- 4.90
- Distance
- ≈ 197 ly
Data: gaia-dr3