Lynx
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Lynx is a faint, northern constellation introduced by Johannes Hevelius, located between Ursa Major and Auriga in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lynx canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical constellation
ⓘ
constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Lyn ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Johannes Hevelius’s star atlas Firmamentum Sobiescianum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | approximately 545 ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | February ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alpha Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | about 3.1 ⓘ |
| constellationType | zodiacal constellation ⓘ |
| containsBrightStar | Alpha Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
Abell 569
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 2273 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2537 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2683 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2770 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGalaxy |
NGC 2537
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 2683 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2770 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGlobularCluster | NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOpenCluster | NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
31 Lyncis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
38 Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately +32 degrees to +61 degrees ⓘ |
| family | Ursa Major family of constellations ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Lyncis ⓘ |
| hemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| IAUApprovalYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| IAUConstellation | true ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1687 ⓘ |
| liesAdjacentTo |
Auriga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camelopardalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesBetween |
Auriga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | lynx (wild cat) ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 28 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 6 hours to 9 hours ⓘ |
| visibility | faint ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween |
+90 degrees
ⓘ
-55 degrees ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lynx Description of subject: Lynx is a faint, northern constellation introduced by Johannes Hevelius, located between Ursa Major and Auriga in the night sky.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.