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public  Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kuching
Sunrise: 6:04 
Transit: 12:17 
Sunset: 18:30
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ο Boötis (omicron Boötis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:56 | Tran: 21:02 | Set: 3:07
Alt: 8.25°   Az: 73.77°   Direction: East-North-East

ο Boötis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Boötes.

ο Boötis visual magnitude is 4.6. Because of its moderate brightness, ο Boötis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ο Boötis (omicron Boötis) star
DSS2 image of ο Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Boötis during the next 10000 years (-9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 46m 25s
+16° 51’ 29”
18h 27m 20s
09h 13m 46s

J2000

14h 45m 14s
+16° 57’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

17.74°
61.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Boötis (omicron Boötis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.6
Giant

0.40
G8III
4791K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Boötis is distant 225.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

69.06
225.14
-9 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Boötis
(omicron Boötis)
SAO101184
SAO101184

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ο Boötis (omicron Boötis) rise, transit and set times from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kuching):

Azimuth: 73.1°
Max altitude: 79.1°
Azimuth: 286.9°