Faint Cat

Lynx is a long but faint constellation that stands well up in the west to northwest at nightfall on May evenings (shown here on May 25, above the crescent Moon). It was created by Johannes Hevelius in the late 17th century to fill a gap between more prominent constellations. He named it after a cat not because it resembled one, but because you need the eyes of a lynx to see it.