Boötes Boo
Boötes is one of the 88 constellations, covering 908 square degrees of the sky (13th largest). It is highest at midnight in April and best in the evening sky in May and June.
6 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Boo |
|---|---|
| Size | 908 square degrees (13th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 14h 35m, +29° |
| Highest at midnight | April (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: May and June) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 81° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 69°. |
| Pages here | 6 objects |
Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Stars
5Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 5466 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9.7 | 6.6′ |
| NGC 5248 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10 | 4.1′ |
| NGC 5557 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 5676 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.6′ |
| IC 1029 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 5582 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 5614 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 5687 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 5689 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 3.7′ |
| NGC 5533 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 5660 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 2.6′ |
| NGC 5529 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 5.8′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits