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Boote

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Also known as Boötis, Boo

costellazione

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Boötes is a constellation visible in the northern sky, named after the ancient Greek word for a herdsman or plowman. It's located in a specific region of the celestial sphere that makes it observable from much of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Key facts

Constellation.name
Boötes
Constellation.abbreviation
Boo
Constellation.genitive
Boötis
Constellation.pronounce
, genitive
Constellation.symbolism
The Herdsman
Constellation.RA
Constellation.dec
+7.36°–+55.1°
Constellation.areatotal
907
Constellation.arearank
13th
Constellation.numbermainstars
7, 15
Constellation.numberbfstars
59
Constellation.numberbrightstars
3
Constellation.numbernearbystars
3
Constellation.brighteststarname
Arcturus (α Boo)
Constellation.starmagnitude
−0.04
Constellation.neareststarname
Gliese 526
Constellation.stardistancely
17.73
Constellation.stardistancepc
5.43

via Wikipedia infobox

Article · Italiano

Boote (in latino Bootes o Arctophylax, Βοώτης in greco) è una delle 48 costellazioni elencate da Tolomeo, e anche una delle 88 costellazioni moderne. Nei suoi confini si trova la quarta stella più brillante del cielo, Arturo (Arcturus). La costellazione è anche nota con il nome di Bifolco. La costellazione si trova tra +10° e +60° di declinazione, 13 e 16 ore di ascensione retta sulla sfera celeste.

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