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Line 1: − [[Image:000Bootes constellation map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Location of Arcturus (Alpha Boötis) in the constellation of [[Boötes]]. Copyright © 2003 Torsten Bronger[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bronger]. Used with permission.]]+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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{{Night Sky
| image =000Bootes constellation map.jpg
| designation =Alpha Boötis
| rightascension =14<sup>h</sup> 15<sup>m</sup> 39.7<sup>s</sup>
| declination =+19<sup>o</sup> 10' 56"
| distance =36.7 ±0.3 ly
| constellation =[[Boötes]]
| type =[[Star]]
| dimensions =
| magnitude =Absolute Mag: -0.29<br/>Apparent Mag: -0.04
| redshift =
| radvelocity =+5 km/s
| propmotion =RA: −1093.45 mas/yr<br/>Dec.: −1999.40 mas/yr
| parallax =88.98 ±0.68 mas
}}
'''Arcturus''', also known as '''Alpha Boötis''', is a star located some 36.7 light years from our [[Sun]]. It is the brightest star in the constellation [[Boötes]]. Arcturus is the fourth brightest star overall in the night sky after [[Sirius]], [[Canopus]], and [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri AB]] (the two stars are too close to resolve separately with the unaided eye), and the brightest one located in the northern celestial hemisphere, with an apparent magnitude of -0.05.<ref>http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/stars.html</ref> Arcturus is a single star, although in the 1990's it was thought to possibly have a stellar companion.<ref>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1999PASP..111..556T&db_key=AST&high=3bd70156a918794</ref>
'''Arcturus''', also known as '''Alpha Boötis''', is a star located some 36.7 light years from our [[Sun]]. It is the brightest star in the constellation [[Boötes]]. Arcturus is the fourth brightest star overall in the night sky after [[Sirius]], [[Canopus]], and [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri AB]] (the two stars are too close to resolve separately with the unaided eye), and the brightest one located in the northern celestial hemisphere, with an apparent magnitude of -0.05.<ref>http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/stars.html</ref> Arcturus is a single star, although in the 1990's it was thought to possibly have a stellar companion.<ref>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1999PASP..111..556T&db_key=AST&high=3bd70156a918794</ref>