ν¹-Boo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , ν¹-Boo is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:37 (EST), 21° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 6 minutes after the Sun at 20:33 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:49 – 4 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 29° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:38.
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Name
ν¹-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h30m55s [4] |
| Declination: | +40°49'58" [4] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: | 5.05 (V) [2] 7.13 (BT) [2] 5.22 (VT) [2] 4.36 (G) [4] 5.29 (BP) [4] 3.41 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 298.6 parsec 973.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.63 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 13.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 128.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.33 |
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