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Bootes | bo OH teez | The Herdsman | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Arcturus
say: "ark-TOUR-us"
aka - Algon
Alpha Bootis
| 14h 15' 40 +19� 10' 57 | 36.7 | -.05 | K1 III | Yellow Orange Giant | 4th Brightest - bright enough to see its orange color | |
Nekkar
means: "ox-driver" Beta Bootis
| 15h 1' 57 +40� 23' 26 | 220 | 3.5 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | Marks top of The Kite | |
Seginus
Gamma Bootis
| 14h 32' 5 +38� 18' 29 | 85 | 3 | A7 III | Blue White Giant | ||
Delta 1 Bootis | 15h 15' 30 +33� 18' 53 | 117 | 3.5 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | ||
Delta 2 Bootis | 15h 15' 38 +33� 19' 14 | 118 | 7.8 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
Izar
aka - Pulcherrima Epsilon Bootis
| 14h 44' 59 +27� 4' 30 | 210 | 2.6 3 and 5
| K0 II-III A0 V
| Orange Giant Binary Blue Main Sequence | Triple Star appears Gold and Green | |
Zeta 1 Bootis Zeta 2 Bootis | 14h 41' 9 +13� 43' 42 | 180 | 4.5 4.5 | A2III A3V | Blue White Giant Blue White MS | ||
Muphrid Eta Bootis
| 13h 54' 41 +18� 23' 52 | 37 | 2.7 | G0 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | ||
Theta Bootis | 14h 25' 12 +51� 51' 3 | 48 | 4 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | ||
Iota A Bootis | 14h 16' 10 +51� 22' 2 | 97 | 5 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Iota B Bootis | 14h 16' 12 +51� 22' 34 | 70 | 8 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | ||
Lambda Bootis | 14h 16' 23 +46� 5' 18 | 97 | 4.75 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Mu 1 Bootis Alkalurops
"herdsman's staff"
Mu 2A Bootis
Mu 2B Bootis | 15h 24' 30 +37� 20' 40 | 121 | 4.3 | F0 V | White Main Sequence 2 Faint Companions | ||
15h 24' 31 +37� 20' 51 | 122 | 7.1 7.7 | G1 V G2 V | Yellow Binary Main Sequence | |||
Xi 1 Bootis Xi 2 Bootis | 14h 52' 23 +19� 6' 3 | 21.8 | 4.5 7 | G8 V K4 V | Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Orbital Binary | |
Sigma Bootis | 14h 34' 41 +29� 44' 42 | 50 | 4.5 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | ||
Tau Bootis | 13h 47' 16 +17� 27' 24 | 51 | 4.5 | F6 IV | White Sub Giant | ||
12 Bootis | 14h 10' 24 +25� 5' 30 | 45 | 5 | F9 IV | White Sub Giant | ||
18 Bootis | 14h 19' 16 +13� 0' 15 | 85 | 5 | F5 IV | White Sub Giant | ||
| 44A Bootis 44B Bootis | 15h 3' 47 +47� 39' 16 | 42 | 5 6 + 6 | G0 V G2V+G2V | 3 Yellow Main Sequences | Triple System single orbits binary |
45 Bootis | 15h 7' 18 +24� 52' 9 | 64 | 5 | F5 V | White Main Sequence |