K-Boo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , k-Boo is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:37 (EST), 22° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 56 minutes after the Sun at 22:23 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 23:08 – 7 hours and 40 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 37° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:38.
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Name
K-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h05m25s [4] |
| Declination: | +48°09'03" [4] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.58 (V) [2] 5.57 (BT) [2] 5.58 (VT) [2] 5.58 (G) [4] 5.57 (BP) [4] 5.58 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 80.1 parsec 261.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.00 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 71.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 293.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.06 |
Sources