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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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6 Boötis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:14 | Tran: 19:07 | Set: 3:05
Alt: 38.37°   Az: 104.84°   Direction: East-South-East

6 Boötis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Boötes.

6 Boötis visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 6 Boötis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 6 Boötis star
DSS2 image of 6 Boötis. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Boötis during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 50m 55s
+21° 08’ 17”
20h 22m 38s
10h 13m 33s

J2000

13h 49m 42s
+21° 15’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

12.25°
75.49°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.91
Giant

-0.35
K4III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Boötis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Boötis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Boötis is distant 367.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

112.87
367.95
-3 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO83015
SAO83015

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Boötis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.9°
Max altitude: 59.7°
Azimuth: 291.1°