Constellation
The constellation Boötes
Boo
Boötes gathers 88 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Arcturus, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around May.
Boötes in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 88
- Brightest star
- Arcturus
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- May
- With a proper name
- 8
- Nearest star
- Xi Boötis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude -0.05
Declination from 8° to 55°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
22 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Boötes
The 88 stars of Boötes catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- ArcturusAlpha Boötis-0.05
- IzarEpsilon Boötis2.35
- MuphridEta Boötis2.68
- SeginusGamma Boötis3.04
- Delta Boötis3.46
- NekkarBeta Boötis3.49
- Rho Boötis3.57
- Zeta Boötis3.78
- Theta Boötis4.04
- Upsilon Boötis4.05
- XuangeLambda Boötis4.18
- AlkaluropsMu 1 Boötis4.31
- Sigma Boötis4.47
- Pi 1 Boötis4.49
- Tau Boötis4.50
- Psi Boötis4.52
- Kappa 2 Boötis4.53
- Xi Boötis4.54
- Omicron Boötis4.60
- Iota Boötis4.75
- HIP 698794.80
- 34 Boötis4.80
- Omega Boötis4.80
- 12 Boötis4.82
- 44 Boötis4.83
- 20 Boötis4.84
- HIP 703274.86
- 31 Boötis4.86
- 6 Boötis4.92
- 45 Boötis4.93
- Nu 2 Boötis4.98
- 9 Boötis5.02
- Nu 1 Boötis5.04
- HIP 690385.13
- HIP 739095.24
- Phi Boötis5.25
- 13 Boötis5.26
- Chi Boötis5.28
- 15 Boötis5.29
- 50 Boötis5.38
- 33 Boötis5.39
- 22 Boötis5.40
- 18 Boötis5.41
- HIP 755725.46
- HIP 725825.47
- HIP 769575.48
- HIP 736345.52
- 14 Boötis5.53
- 32 Boötis5.55
- HIP 752575.56
- HIP 666405.57
- 24 Boötis5.58
- 47 Boötis5.59
- 2 Boötis5.63
- HIP 731005.63
- 40 Boötis5.64
- HIP 750435.65
- 46 Boötis5.67
- 39 Boötis5.68
- 7 Boötis5.71
- HIP 664175.72
- HIP 720125.72
- HIP 731665.72
- 1 Boötis5.73
- HIP 712805.74
- HIP 715685.74
- 10 Boötis5.76
- Merga5.76
- HIP 765685.76
- HIP 722085.78
- HIP 725525.80
- HIP 740965.82
- HIP 715735.83
- HIP 698295.84
- HIP 765945.84
- HIP 725675.86
- HIP 715715.90
- HIP 730875.90
- 26 Boötis5.91
- HIP 717595.93
- HIP 703845.94
- HYG 1190035.96
- 3 Boötis5.97
- HYG 1196265.98
- HIP 684985.98
- HIP 745615.98
- HIP 710946.00
- HIP 728486.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.