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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 13:05 
Sunset: 21:11
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2 Boötis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:12 | Tran: 19:14 | Set: 3:20
Alt: -12.78°   Az: 24.29°   Direction: North-North-East

2 Boötis is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Boötes.

2 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, 2 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 2 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 2 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 42m 14s
+22° 22’ 02”
13h 42m 51s
03h 25m 06s

J2000

13h 41m 02s
+22° 29’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

13.26°
77.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Giant

0.65
G9III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Boötis is distant 321.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

98.72
321.82
5 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO82946
SAO82946

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.6°
Max altitude: 60.9°
Azimuth: 292.4°