Muphrid (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 , Muphrid is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 68° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:03, 74° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:37, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.

Name Muphrid
Object type Star
Other names
Muphrid
η-Boo
Eta Bootis
8-Boo
8 Bootis
HR 5235[1]
HD 121370
HIP 67927[5]
TYC 1470-1157-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h54m41s [3]
Declination:+18°23'54" [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:2.68 (V) [3]
3.42 (BT) [2]
2.75 (VT) [2]
Distance:11.4 parsec
37.2 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.60
Proper motion (speed):361.5 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):189.7°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.40

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