Izar (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 , Izar is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:56 (PDT), 66° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:42, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:41, 15° above your western horizon.

Name Izar
Object type Star
Other names
Izar
ε-Boo
Epsilon Bootis
36-Boo
36 Bootis
HR 5505[1]
HD 129988
HIP 72105[3]
Position
Right ascension:14h44m59s [2]
Declination:+27°04'27" [2]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:2.35 (V) [2]
3.56 (BT) [2]
2.47 (VT) [2]
Distance:62.1 parsec
202.5 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.97
Proper motion (speed):55.1 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):292.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.62

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