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Boötes is a constellation bordered by Virgo to the south, Coma Berenices and Canes Venatici to the west, Ursa Major to the northwest, Draco to the northeast, and Hercules, Corona Borealis and Serpens Caput to the east. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is "Boo". [18]
A map of the Boötes Void. The Boötes Void (/ b oʊ ˈ oʊ t iː z / boh-OH-teez) (colloquially referred to as the Great Nothing) [1] is an approximately spherical region of space found in the vicinity of the constellation Boötes, containing only 60 galaxies instead of the 2,000 that should be expected from an area this large, hence its name.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Boötes, sorted by decreasing brightness. The genitive for stars in this constellation is Boötis and the IAU abbreviation is Boo. Hence, η Boo is Eta Boötis.
Epsilon Boötis (ε Boötis, abbreviated Epsilon Boo, ε Boo), officially named Izar (/ ˈ aɪ z ɑːr / EYE-zar), [16] is a binary star in the northern constellation of Boötes.The star system can be viewed with the unaided eye at night, but resolving the pair with a small telescope is challenging; an aperture of 76 mm (3.0 in) or greater is required.
Theta Boötis, Latinized from θ Boötis, is a star in the northern constellation of Boötes the herdsman, forming a corner of the upraised left hand of this asterism. [15] It has the traditional name Asellus Primus (/ ə ˈ s ɛ l ə s ˈ p r aɪ m ə s /; Latin for "first donkey colt") [15] and the Flamsteed designation 23 Boötis.
Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes. With an apparent visual magnitude of −0.05, Arcturus is the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere and the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, [ 14 ] after Sirius (−1.46 apparent magnitude), Canopus (−0.72) and α Centauri (combined magnitude of −0.27).
Iota Boötis (ι Boo, ι Boötis) is a member of a binary star system in the constellation Boötes, approximately 96 light-years from Earth. It has the traditional name Asellus Secundus / ə ˈ s ɛ l ə s s ɪ ˈ k ʌ n d ə s / (Latin for "second donkey colt") and the Flamsteed designation 21 Boötis. The companion is HD 234121, a K0 main ...
Delta Boötis, Latinized from δ Boötis, is a double star in the northern constellation of Boötes, forming the easternmost member of the constellation's kite-shaped asterism of brighter stars. [14] Based upon parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 120.5 light-years (36.9 parsecs) from the Earth. [1]