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Boötes

Stars With (Un)Common Names

alpha

Arcturus is a first magnitude star and the brightest one north of the celestial equator.

beta

Nekkar

gamma

Seginus

epsilon

Izar is also known as Pulcherrima. A small telescope reveals it to be a binary star of constrasting colours.

eta

Muphrid

mu¹

Alkalurops is part of a multiple star which can be seen through binoculars.

Meteor Shower Radiants

Like all of the other meteor showers, the Quadrantids are named after the constellation in which its radiant appears. However, the constellation Quadrans Muralis, the mural or wall quadrant, no longer exists. These meteors are moderately bright and travel at medium speed. The radiant is in the empty reaches north of Boötes and thus is circumpolar for many northern hemisphere observers. Interestingly, this shower may have the same origin as the Delta Aquarids in Aquarius.

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