BY-Boo (Star)
From Bedford , BY-Boo is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 19:07 (BST), 31° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 20:38 when it dips 20° above your north-western horizon. At 05:06, it will return to an altitude of 20° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 28° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:20.
Name
BY-Boo
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 14h07m55s [4] |
Declination: | +43°51'15" [4] |
Constellation: | Bootes |
Magnitude: Variable | 5.24 (V) [2] 7.14 (BT) [2] 5.39 (VT) [2] 3.79 (G) [4] 5.49 (BP) [4] 2.68 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 166.4 parsec 542.3 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.48 |
Proper motion (speed): | 32.9 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 159.6° |
Absolute mag (V): | -0.87 |
All times shown in Bedford local time.