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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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Seginus - γ Boötis (gamma Boötis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:32 | Tran: 23:53 | Set: 11:18
Alt: 25.90°   Az: 299.59°   Direction: West-North-West

Seginus, also designated as γ Boötis (gamma Boötis), is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Boötes.

Seginus visual magnitude is 3.03. Because of its moderate brightness, Seginus 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 Seginus - γ Boötis (gamma Boötis) star
DSS2 image of Seginus. The red arrow shows the motion of Seginus during the next 1000 years (-1.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 33m 06s
+38° 11’ 50”
06h 22m 01s
20h 55m 08s

J2000

14h 32m 04s
+38° 18’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

67.26°
66.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Seginus - γ Boötis (gamma Boötis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.03
Giant

0.95
A7III
8241K

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

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

Star System Properties

Seginus is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Seginus double sysyem:

3.03
12.53
9.5
33.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Seginus is distant 85.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

26.12
85.14
-37 km/s
-0.114 arcsec/y
0.153"/y

Alternative Designations

Seginus
γ Boötis
(gamma Boötis)
SAO64203
SAO64203

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 51.8°
Max altitude: 76.7°
Azimuth: 308.2°