Nekkar

Boötes · β Boo · HR 5602

HIP73555
Visual magnitude3.49
Right ascension (J2000)225.487°
Declination (J2000)40.3906°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times from a misreading of the Arabic constellation name al-baqqar, "the Ox-driver", for Boötes.

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