σ-Boo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , σ-Boo is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:06 (EDT), 49° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:21, 77° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:13, 42° above your western horizon.
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Name
σ-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h34m41s [4] |
| Declination: | +29°44'44" [4] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.47 (V) [2] 4.88 (BT) [2] 4.50 (VT) [2] 4.34 (G) [4] 4.55 (BP) [4] 4.01 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 15.8 parsec 51.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.32 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 229.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 55.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.48 |
Sources