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Sigma Boötis is another close neighbour, just over fifty light-years away. An F-type star slightly hotter than the Sun, it spins rapidly on itself —a habit shared by many young stars of its class. It joins the wide arc traced by the celestial herdsman around Arcturus, the deep red lord of mild evenings.
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.47
- Distance
- 51.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 218.670° · Dec 29.745°
- Catalogue
- HIP 71284 · HD 128167
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