Its story
8 Lyn has a visual magnitude of about 5.69: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 8 Lyn: right ascension 6h 37m 41s, declination +61° 28′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).
8 Lyn. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31676, HD 46480, Gaia DR3 1003703727881026304. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 31676
- Right ascension
- 6h 37m 41s
- Declination
- +61° 28′ 48″
- Magnitude
- 5.69
- Distance
- ≈ 164 ly
Data: gaia-dr3