Star profile

32 Boötis

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 32 Boötis

32 Boötis is a yellow G-type star, similar in colour to the Sun but 403 light-years away. It lives within Boötes, the autumn-and-spring figure that hosts brilliant Arcturus and that tradition has identified as a shepherd or celestial ploughman. To observe it is to implicitly compare our own star with one from the same family, separated by a gulf whose light takes four centuries to cross.

Where it is and when to see it

32 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 50° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 44° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 78° S.

It ranks no. 49 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 400 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 32 Boötis

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 5.55
Distance: 403.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 220.431° · Dec 11.661°
Catalogue: HIP 71837 · HD 129336

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Other stars in Boötes

Boötes has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 88 stars in Boötes