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50 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:24 | Tran: 11:58 | Set: 21:31
Alt: 17.08°   Az: 58.33°   Direction: East-North-East

50 Boötis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Boötes.

50 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 50 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Boötis during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 22m 48s
+32° 50’ 45”
17h 02m 10s
08h 24m 58s

J2000

15h 21m 48s
+32° 56’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

52.36°
57.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 50 Boötis star
Simplified finder chart for 50 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Main-sequence

0.97
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Boötis is distant 246.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

75.76
246.97
-7 km/s
-0.051 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO64656
SAO64656

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.2°
Max altitude: 71.4°
Azimuth: 302.8°