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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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14 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:18 | Tran: 11:22 | Set: 18:26
Alt: 47.72°   Az: 148.31°   Direction: South-South-East

14 Boötis is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Boötes.

14 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 14 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Boötis during the next 1000 years (-4.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 15m 17s
+12° 50’ 39”
22h 34m 58s
12h 50m 16s

J2000

14h 14m 05s
+12° 57’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

0.78°
66.03°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 14 Boötis star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Sub-giant

2.93
F6IV
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Boötis is distant 108.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

33.27
108.45
-39 km/s
-0.256 arcsec/y
-0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100925
SAO100925

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.2°
Max altitude: 51.4°
Azimuth: 282.8°