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3 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:47 | Tran: 19:12 | Set: 3:41
Alt: 40.24°   Az: 261.08°   Direction: West

3 Boötis is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Boötes.

3 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 3 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 3 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 3 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 47m 54s
+25° 34’ 31”
03h 46m 54s
17h 34m 49s

J2000

13h 46m 43s
+25° 42’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

29.48°
77.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

1.34
G5III
6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Boötis is distant 272.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

83.54
272.35
8 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO82993
SAO82993

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.4°
Max altitude: 64.1°
Azimuth: 295.6°