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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:07
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9 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:31 | Tran: 22:11 | Set: 6:54
Alt: 16.90°   Az: 67.06°   Direction: East-North-East

9 Boötis is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Boötes.

9 Boötis visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 9 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Boötis during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 57m 43s
+27° 22’ 06”
17h 31m 21s
07h 29m 05s

J2000

13h 56m 34s
+27° 29’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

38.12°
75.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 9 Boötis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Giant

-1.48
K3III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Boötis is distant 648.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

198.81
648.11
-40 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO83084
SAO83084

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.6°
Max altitude: 65.9°
Azimuth: 297.4°