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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 21:18
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12 Boötis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:09 | Tran: 21:30 | Set: 5:54
Alt: -9.51°   Az: 26.13°   Direction: North-North-East

12 Boötis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Boötes.

12 Boötis visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, 12 Boötis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 12 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 12 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 11m 33s
+24° 58’ 20”
13h 54m 32s
04h 06m 06s

J2000

14h 10m 23s
+25° 05’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

30.82°
72.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 12 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Sub-giant

2.01
F9IV
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Boötis is distant 119.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

36.67
119.55
11 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO83203
SAO83203

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.0°
Max altitude: 63.5°
Azimuth: 295.0°