Star profile
22 Boötis
What is 22 Boötis
22 Boötis fits inside Boötes, the figure that seems to herd the Great Bear across the spring sky. It is a white-yellow F-type star 291 light-years away —hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with the clean, slightly austere light of stars burning above 6,000 K. It shines along the constellation's arc, far from the dominant Arcturus, letting the observer find it on merit.
Where it is and when to see it
22 Boötis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.
It ranks no. 42 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 22 Boötis
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 290.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 216.614° · Dec 19.227°
- Catalogue
- HIP 70602 · HD 126661
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Other stars in Boötes
Boötes has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArcturusAlpha Boötis-0.05
- IzarEpsilon Boötis2.35
- MuphridEta Boötis2.68
- 15 Boötis5.29
- 50 Boötis5.38
- 33 Boötis5.39
- 18 Boötis5.41
- HIP 755725.46