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An illustration from
Urania's Mirror
(1825) depicting the constellation
Lynx
, with the obsolete constellation
Telescopium Herschelii
to its right. Lynx, introduced in the 17th century by
Johannes Hevelius
, is a faint
constellation
in the
northern
sky. Its brightest star,
Alpha Lyncis
, has an apparent magnitude of +3.13.
Illustration:
Sidney Hall
; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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