Star profile
Nu 1 Boötis
What is Nu 1 Boötis
Nu-1 Boötis is an orange K-type giant whose light has traveled more than eight hundred years through the void before reaching us. It lives in Boötes, the constellation dominated by blazing Arcturus, one of the brightest stars in the sky. In the quiet background of the mythological herdsman, this calm ember rounds out the silhouette without challenging its dazzling neighbor, sketching the head of the celestial hunter.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu 1 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 never sets and culminates about 79° up.
- From New York it culminates about 90° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 49° S.
It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 88 stars of Boötes in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arcturus, the brightest: it lies about 27° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 840 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Nu 1 Boötis
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.04
- Distance
- 838.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 232.732° · Dec 40.833°
- Catalogue
- HIP 75973 · HD 138481
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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
- 45 Boötis4.93
- Nu 2 Boötis4.98
- 9 Boötis5.02
- HIP 690385.13
- HIP 739095.24