ν²-Boo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ν²-Boo is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 22° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 24 minutes after the Sun at 20:39 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:28 – 5 hours and 15 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 30° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:31.
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Name
ν²-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h31m46s [2] |
| Declination: | +40°53'57" [2] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: | 4.98 (V) [2] 5.11 (BT) [2] 4.99 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 119.0 parsec 388.1 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.9 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 226.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.40 |
Sources