Boötes

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Abbreviation:  Boo
English Name:  The Herdsmans
Genitive: Arcturus
Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere
Location: Between the constellations of Coma Berenices and Corona Borealis.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -50 degrees
Best season: Spring/Summer
Seen in three seasons: Summer, Autumn & Winter
Best seen in:  early June (map)
Seen between: March and July
Right Ascension (RA): 15 hour
Declination (DEC): +30 degrees
Area (square degrees):  907 (13th)

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Boötes (The Herdsman)

  • Boötes is an elongated constellation.
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  • The brightest star north of the Celestial equator – Arcturus.
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  • It is an orange giant star to the naked-eye in the night sky.
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  • 100 times more luminous-bright than the Sun.

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Messier Objects in Boötes

No Messier objects in Boötes
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Other objects in Boötes

Select CatalogNo of Objects
Barnard (B)0x object
Caldwell (C)1x object
Collinder (Cr)0x object
New General Catalogue (NGC)264x objects
Index Catalogue (IC)230x objects
Sharpless (Sh2)0x object

Features of Interest

  • Boötes is in a part of the celestial sphere facing away from the plane of our home galaxy – Milky Way, and so does not have open clusters or nebulae.

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Named Stars

  • Arcturus (Alpha Boo)
  • Nekkar (Beta Boo)
  • Seginus (Gamma Boo)
  • IZAR (Epsilon Boo)
  • Mufrid (Eta Boo)
  • Asellus Primus (Theta Boo)
  • Asellus Secondus (Iota Boo)
  • Asellus Tertius (Kappa 2 Boo)
  • Alkalurops (Mu 1 Boo)
  • Merga (38 Boo)more list of stars in Boötes

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Boötes)		Best Seen in:
early June (map)		Seen between:
March and July

IAU Sky Chart: Boötes

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
Sculptor
(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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