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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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1 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:05 | Tran: 22:50 | Set: 6:39
Alt: 9.31°   Az: 69.76°   Direction: East-North-East

1 Boötis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Boötes.

1 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 1 Boötis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 1 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 1 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 41m 53s
+19° 49’ 40”
17h 19m 14s
07h 01m 08s

J2000

13h 40m 40s
+19° 57’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

3.08°
76.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Main-sequence

0.91
A1V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

1 Boötis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 1 Boötis double sysyem:

5.75
9.25
3.5
4.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Boötis is distant 302.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

92.85
302.69
-26 km/s
-0.049 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO82942
SAO82942

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.2°
Max altitude: 58.3°
Azimuth: 289.8°