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It will require some patience to track down this faint northern constellation, but it will put another piece of celestial geography into place.

Lynx is currently well placed for northern hemisphere observers, stretched high across the sky after nightfall. Lynx lies between the familiar pattern of Ursa Major, the great bear, and the twins of Gemini. Introduced in the late 17th century by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius, he remarked that only those with the eyesight of a lynx would be able to see it. There is no myth attached to the constellation.

The chart shows the view facing south, and looking high up towards the zenith, from London at 21:00 BST on 30 March, although the view will be virtually identical all week.

Begin with the Plough, within Ursa Major, and draw a line to Gemini. Roughly midway along that sweep, you will find Lynx. There is no obvious shape but under dark skies a chain of modest stars can be traced in a loose zigzag that start near the bright star Capellain Auriga, the charioteer.

The brightest star in Lynx is Alpha Lyncis, which is visible to the naked eye from suburban locations, but light pollution quickly erases the constellation, so a moonless evening away from streetlights will be the best to track down this celestial feline.