ζ-Boo (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , ζ-Boo is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:05 (EDT), 37° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:31, 61° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:15, 34° above your western horizon.

Name ζ-Boo
Object type Star
Other names
ζ-Boo
Zeta Bootis
30-Boo
30 Bootis
HR 5477[1]
HD 129246
NSV 6766
HIP 71795[3]
TYC 917-1471-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:14h41m08s [2]
Declination:+13°43'42" [2]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:
Variable
4.46 (V) [2]
4.55 (BT) [2]
4.46 (VT) [2]
Distance:53.9 parsec
175.6 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.07
Proper motion (speed):53.1 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):102.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.80

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