Magnitude 4.35 Apparent magnitude (V) 4.35 | Constellation Lynx | |
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15 Lyncis (15 Lyn) is a star in the constellation Lynx. Its apparent magnitude is 4.35.
A telescope reveals it is two yellowish stars of magnitudes 4.7 and 5.8 that are 0.9 arcseconds apart. The components are a yellow giant of spectral type G8III that is 4.01 ± 2.17 times as massive as the Sun, and an F-type main sequence star of spectral type F8V that is 3.73 times as massive as the Sun, and orbit each other every 262 years. The system is 178 ± 2 light years distant from Earth.
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