κ²-Boo (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , κ²-Boo is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 19:02 (PDT), 22° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 39 minutes after the Sun at 22:41 (PDT). In the morning, it will rise at 02:30 – 4 hours and 35 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 21° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:05.

Name κ²-Boo
Object type Star
Other names
κ²-Boo
Kappa2 Bootis
17-Boo
17 Bootis
HR 5329[1]
HD 124675
HIP 69483[3]
TYC 3471-1250-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1511793067598402944[4]
Position
Right ascension:14h13m29s [4]
Declination:+51°47'23" [4]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:
Variable
4.52 (V) [2]
4.75 (BT) [2]
4.54 (VT) [2]
4.46 (G) [4]
4.58 (BP) [4]
4.27 (RP) [4]
Distance:49.6 parsec
161.8 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.19
Proper motion (speed):62.6 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):98.8°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.04

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