Generalities: it is a medium-sized constellation of the northern sky , but poor in bright stars. Its transit at  midnight takes place between January and February.

Origins and mythology: it is a "modern" constellation, introduced by Hevelius in the 17th century, and has no mythological references. According to an interpretation it was so called  because lynx eyes are required to recognize it,since its stars are very weak.

Stars: in the Lynx there are only two stars of magnitude inferior to 4. The brightest star has magnitude 3.13, red color and is 165 light-years far.

Table of stars brighter than magnitude 3.5
 

Star	Proper name	Magnitude	Spectrum	Colour	Distance (light-years)	Notes
Alpha		3.13	M0	red	165

Other objects: some weak galaxies are present, together with the most distant  globular cluster ever known, of weak brightness.
 

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