22 Boötis

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:08 | Tran: 20:31 | Set: 2:50

Alt: 2.15° Az: 289.20° Direction: West-North-West

22 Boötis is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Boötes.

22 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, 22 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.

DSS2 image of 22 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 27m 38s

Declination +19° 06’ 48”

Hour Angle 06h 11m 20s

Sidereal Time 20h 38m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 26m 27s

Declination +19° 13’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 18.06°

Galactic Latitude 66.82°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.39

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature 7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Boötis is distant 286.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.87

Distance (light year) 286.47

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.071 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 22 Boötis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD126661

SAO Catalogue SAO101025

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP70602

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 2810

FK5 Catalogue 1378

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Guatemala City, Guatemala are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guatemala):

Azimuth: 70.9° RISE 14:08

Max altitude: 85.5° TRANSIT 20:31

Azimuth: 289.1° SET 2:50

Name:	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Latitude:	14° 38' 26.5" N
Longitude:	90° 30' 47.9" W
Timezone:	America/Guatemala

Set Location

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