Bootes bo OH teez The Herdsman
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Arcturus
say: "ark-TOUR-us"
aka - Algon
Alpha Bootis
14h 15' 40
+19� 10' 57
36.7 -.05 K1 III Yellow Orange
Giant
4th Brightest
- bright enough to
see its orange color
Nekkar
means: "ox-driver"
Beta Bootis
15h 1' 57
+40� 23' 26
220 3.5 G8 III Yellow Giant Marks top of
The Kite
Seginus
Gamma Bootis
14h 32' 5
+38� 18' 29
85 3 A7 III Blue White
Giant
Delta 1 Bootis 15h 15' 30
+33� 18' 53
117 3.5 G8 III Yellow
Giant
Delta 2 Bootis 15h 15' 38
+33� 19' 14
118 7.8 G0 V Yellow
Main Sequence

Izar
aka - Pulcherrima
Epsilon Bootis
14h 44' 59
+27� 4' 30
210 2.6
3 and 5
K0 II-III
A0 V
Orange Giant Binary
Blue Main Sequence
Triple Star
appears Gold and Green
Zeta 1 Bootis
Zeta 2 Bootis
14h 41' 9
+13� 43' 42
180 4.5
4.5
A2III
A3V
Blue White Giant
Blue White MS
Muphrid
Eta Bootis
13h 54' 41
+18� 23' 52
37 2.7 G0 IV Yellow
Sub Giant
Theta Bootis 14h 25' 12
+51� 51' 3
48 4 F7 V White
Main Sequence
Iota A Bootis 14h 16' 10
+51� 22' 2
97 5 A9 V Blue White
Main Sequence
Iota B Bootis 14h 16' 12
+51� 22' 34
70 8 K2 V Orange
Main Sequence
Lambda Bootis 14h 16' 23
+46� 5' 18
97 4.75 A9 V Blue White
Main Sequence
Mu 1 Bootis
Alkalurops
"herdsman's staff"
Mu 2A Bootis
Mu 2B Bootis
15h 24' 30
+37� 20' 40
121 4.3 F0 V White
Main Sequence
2 Faint Companions
15h 24' 31
+37� 20' 51
122 7.1
7.7
G1 V
G2 V
Yellow Binary
Main Sequence
Xi 1 Bootis
Xi 2 Bootis
14h 52' 23
+19� 6' 3
21.8 4.5
7
G8 V
K4 V
Yellow and Orange
Main Sequence
Orbital Binary
Sigma Bootis 14h 34' 41
+29� 44' 42
50 4.5 F2 V White
Main Sequence
Tau Bootis 13h 47' 16
+17� 27' 24
51 4.5 F6 IV White
Sub Giant
12 Bootis 14h 10' 24
+25� 5' 30
45 5 F9 IV White
Sub Giant
18 Bootis 14h 19' 16
+13� 0' 15
85 5 F5 IV White
Sub Giant

44A Bootis
44B Bootis
15h 3' 47
+47� 39' 16
42 5
6 + 6
G0 V
G2V+G2V
3 Yellow
Main Sequences
Triple System
single orbits binary
45 Bootis 15h 7' 18
+24� 52' 9
64 5 F5 V White
Main Sequence