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Constellation of Lynx

author: A.Fujii/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-cst50-00003

Image Size 300 DPI: 40 * 51 cm

Lynx is a modern northern constellation, created by the astronomer Hevelius in the 17th century. It wanders inconspicuously between the distinctive bright stars of Ursa Major to the east and Gemini and Auriga to the west. Lynx was supposedly named because its stars were so faint that lynx-like eyes were needed to see them.  

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - CAPELLA - CASTOR - CONSTELLATION - LYNX - NIGHT - POLLUX - POSTER - STAR - STARRY SKY -