R-Boo (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , R-Boo is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:06 (EDT), 44° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:43, 75° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:31, 41° above your western horizon.

Name R-Boo
Object type Star
Other names
R-Boo
R Bootis
HD 128609
HIP 71490[2]
TYC 2018-161-1[1]
Gaia EDR3- 1279554668255201152[3]
Position
Right ascension:14h37m11s [3]
Declination:+26°44'11" [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:9.97 (V) [1]
11.00 (BT) [1]
10.05 (VT) [1]
7.79 (G) [3]
11.31 (BP) [3]
6.16 (RP) [3]
Distance:657.7 parsec
2144.1 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.80
Proper motion (speed):28.2 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):295.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.88

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