Seginus (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , Seginus is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:12 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 39° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:43.

Name Seginus
Object type Star
Other names
Seginus
γ-Boo
Gamma Bootis
27-Boo
27 Bootis
HR 5435[1]
HD 127762
HIP 71075[5]
TYC 3036-1151-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:14h32m04s [3]
Declination:+38°18'28" [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:
Variable
3.04 (V) [3]
3.29 (BT) [2]
3.06 (VT) [2]
Distance:26.6 parsec
86.7 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.21
Proper motion (speed):190.4 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):322.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.91

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