The Herdsman
Boötes
Genitive: Boötis · abbreviation Boo
Best evening month
June
Visible from
55°S to 90°N
Centre RA
14h 54m 00s
Centre Dec
+35° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
A herdsman driving the bears (Ursa Major and Minor) around the pole. Arcturus, its alpha star, is the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag -0.05
Arcturus
α Boötis · HIP 69673
- mag 2.35
Izar
ε Boötis · HIP 72105
- mag 2.68
Muphrid
η Boötis · HIP 67927
- mag 3.04
Seginus
γ Boötis · HIP 71075
- mag 3.46
Thiba
δ Boötis · HIP 74666
- mag 3.49
Nekkar
β Boötis · HIP 73555
- mag 3.57
ρ Boötis
HIP 71053
- mag 3.78
ζ Boötis
HIP 71795
- mag 4.04
Asellus Primus
θ Boötis · HIP 70497
- mag 4.05
υ Boötis
HIP 67459