B-Boo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , b-Boo is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:02 (EST) – 3 hours and 46 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 25° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:38.
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Name
B-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h08m23s [4] |
| Declination: | +26°18'03" [4] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: | 5.68 (V) [2] 7.29 (BT) [2] 5.81 (VT) [2] 5.28 (G) [4] 5.92 (BP) [4] 4.50 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 149.7 parsec 488.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.26 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 16.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 166.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.20 |
Sources