Star profile
34 Boötis
Variable starWhat is 34 Boötis
34 Boötis is a red M-type variable giant inside the Herdsman, the figure forever chasing the Bears with his staff. Some 700 light-years out, its brightness will not stay still: it pulses slowly, inflating and contracting its outer layers like a stellar heart already testing the silence. The light offered tonight set out in the depths of the Middle Ages and arrives steeped in the red dust of ageing suns.
Where it is and when to see it
34 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 34 Boötis
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.80
- Distance
- 704.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 220.856° · Dec 26.528°
- Catalogue
- HIP 71995 · HD 129712
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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
- Omicron Boötis4.60
- Iota Boötis4.75
- HIP 698794.80
- Omega Boötis4.80
- 12 Boötis4.82