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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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χ Boötis (chi Boötis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:25 | Tran: 0:20 | Set: 9:18
Alt: 30.41°   Az: 279.63°   Direction: West

χ Boötis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Boötes.

χ Boötis visual magnitude is 5.26. Because of its faintness, χ 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 χ Boötis (chi Boötis) star
DSS2 image of χ Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Boötis during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 15m 33s
+29° 04’ 15”
05h 06m 25s
20h 21m 58s

J2000

15h 14m 29s
+29° 09’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

45.16°
58.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Boötis (chi Boötis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.26
Main-sequence

1.05
A2V
9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Boötis is distant 226.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

69.44
226.39
-16 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Boötis
(chi Boötis)
SAO83729
SAO83729

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.9°
Max altitude: 67.6°
Azimuth: 299.1°