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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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22 Boötis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:49 | Tran: 21:30 | Set: 5:15
Alt: -19.38°   Az: 357.74°   Direction: North

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.

Image of 22 Boötis star
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

14h 27m 38s
+19° 06’ 48”
11h 50m 57s
02h 18m 36s

J2000

14h 26m 27s
+19° 13’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

18.06°
66.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 22 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Hypergiant

0.67
F0
7938K

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

HR 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.

87.87
286.47
-28 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO101025
SAO101025

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.9°
Max altitude: 57.6°
Azimuth: 289.1°