Nekkar (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , Nekkar is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:04 (EDT), 48° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:52, 88° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:15, 52° above your western horizon.

Name Nekkar
Object type Star
Other names
Nekkar
β-Boo
Beta Bootis
42-Boo
42 Bootis
HR 5602[1]
HD 133208
NSV 6898
HIP 73555[3]
TYC 3047-1258-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1296713990316692096[4]
Position
Right ascension:15h01m56s [4]
Declination:+40°23'25" [4]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:
Variable
3.48 (V) [2]
4.67 (BT) [2]
3.58 (VT) [2]
3.24 (G) [4]
3.84 (BP) [4]
2.65 (RP) [4]
Distance:72.1 parsec
234.9 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.93
Proper motion (speed):50.7 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):233.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.81

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