About the StarAlsciaukat is the only star in Lynx that has a proper name. It is derived from the Arabic word aš-šawkat which means "thorn." The star is also sometimes also called Mabsuthat, from the Arabic al-mabsūtah for "the outstretched (paw).
"The star is very similar to Alpha Lyncis in radius and mass. Both stars have roughly two solar masses and are about 1.4 billion years old. Like Alpha Lyncis, Alsciaukat is an orange giant, one belonging to the spectral class K4.5 III.
31 Lyncis is also variable star and is sometimes known as BN Lyncis. Its brightness only varies slightly, by 0.05 magnitudes, but this indicates that the star will eventually turn into a long-period variable similar to Mira (Omicron Ceti) in the Cetus constellation.
Alsciaukat is the fourth brightest star in Lynx. It has a visual magnitude of 4.25 and is approximately 389 light years distant.Lynx MythHevelius named the constellation after the lynx because it is a relatively faint one. He wrote in his Prodromus astronomiae that only those who have the sight of a lynx can see it. The book is an unfinished work published by Hevelius' wife around 1690, a few years after his passing. In the accompanying star catalogue, Hevelius called the constellation "Lynx, sive Tigris" – Lynx or Tiger.
While it is not known if Hevelius had any myths in mind when he named the constellation, there is a figure in mythology that might be linked to the constellation's name. Lynceus, who sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, was said to have the keenest eyesight of all men and could even see things underground. He and his twin brother Idas were part of the expedition for the Golden Fleece.
Some of the stars in Lynx were documented by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century, but only as "unformed" stars near Ursa Major, and not as part of any constellation.
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