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26 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:16 | Tran: 11:17 | Set: 19:17
Alt: 22.16°   Az: 278.17°   Direction: West

26 Boötis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Boötes.

26 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 26 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Boötis during the next 1000 years (-2.12 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.65 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 33m 40s
+22° 09’ 04”
05h 27m 13s
20h 00m 54s

J2000

14h 32m 32s
+22° 15’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

26.51°
66.57°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 26 Boötis star
Simplified finder chart for 26 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Sub-giant

2.36
F2IV
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Boötis is distant 167.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

51.44
167.70
-12 km/s
-0.127 arcsec/y
0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO83395
SAO83395

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.8°
Max altitude: 60.7°
Azimuth: 292.2°