Lynx constellation

With some minor showers and cloudy sky yesterday, looks like we are in for sizzling days in the next 4 or 5 as per Tamilnadu weatherman's words. I went back and looked into the previous pictures I had taken and we were revising all the constellations that we had seen so far. Auriga's extra star got our attention, we recognised and understood it is never enough looking at these marvels and every time a new thing pops out to us like this lynx constellation alpha lyncis and the rest all too faint to see.

LYNX CONSTELLATION:

Lynx constellation is located in the northern hemisphere. It represents the lynx, and it is not usually associated with any myths.

Lynx is one of the several constellations that were introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century.

Hevelius created the constellation to fill a relatively large gap between the two neighboring constellations, Auriga and Ursa Major. He named it Lynx because it was pretty faint and it took the eyesight of a lynx to see it. Other than Alpha Lyncis, the constellation does not contain any stars brighter.

Lynx is the 28th constellation in size, occupying an area of 545 square degrees. Lynx belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations, along with Boötes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.