ζ-Boo (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , ζ-Boo is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:15 (PDT), 66° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:03, 69° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:14, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.

Name ζ-Boo
Object type Star
Other names
ζ-Boo
Zeta Bootis
30-Boo
30 Bootis
HR 5477[1]
HD 129246
HIP 71795[4]
Position
Right ascension:14h41m08s [3]
Declination:+13°43'42" [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:3.79 (V) [3]
3.86 (BT) [2]
3.80 (VT) [2]
Distance:53.9 parsec
175.6 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.05
Proper motion (speed):53.1 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):102.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.13

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