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public  Medole, Italy Medole, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 13:16 
Sunset: 20:58
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15 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:08 | Tran: 22:47 | Set: 5:30
Alt: 3.66°   Az: 79.49°   Direction: East

15 Boötis is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Boötes.

15 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 15 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 15 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 15 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Boötis during the next 1000 years (-0.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 16m 05s
+09° 58’ 58”
17h 40m 16s
07h 56m 22s

J2000

14h 14m 50s
+10° 06’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

356°
64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 15 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Giant

0.82
K1III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

15 Boötis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 15 Boötis double sysyem:

5.29
7.89
2.6
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Boötis is distant 254.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

78.19
254.89
17 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.167"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100934
SAO100934

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Medole, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 80.0°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 280.0°