• Xi Boötis, Latinised from ξ Boötis, is a binary star system located at a distance of 22 light-years away from Earth. It is the nearest visible star in...
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    two dimmer F-type stars, magnitude 4.83 12 Boötis, class F8; and magnitude 4.93 45 Boötis, class F5. Xi Boötis is a G8 yellow dwarf of magnitude 4.55, and...
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  • 0081±0.0038 Leo 11h 00m 04.3s +22° 49′ 59″ M3.0V 10.02 148.1986±0.0253 B M Xi Boötis A$ 22.0109±0.0081 Boötes 14h 51m 23.4s +19° 06′ 02″ G8Ve 4.70# 148.1793±0...
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    Boötis), Seginus (γ Boötis) and Izar (ε Boötis), and Alphecca (α Coronae Borealis). Alphecca is far brighter than either Delta or Beta Boötis, diminishing...
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    Clement Volume 3, Heavy Planet and Mission of Gravity (1978). Some Notes on Xi Bootis. Published by Advent Publishers. Gravity insufficient (nov 1961). Published...
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  • (1958) The Science Fiction Novel, edited by Earl Kemp (1959) Some Notes on Xi Bootis, by Hal Clement (1960) The Eighth Stage of Fandom, by Robert Bloch (1962)...
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    northern pole star from 3942 BC, when it moved farther north than Theta Boötis, until 1793 BC. The Egyptian Pyramids were designed to have one side facing...
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  • Star 3.49 3.47 Beta Boötis Star 3.49 Alpha Telescopii Star Suspected variable star 3.49 Nu Ursae Majoris Star 3.49 Delta Boötis Double star 3.50 Tau...
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    Alpheratz (in Andromeda and Pegasus), Elnath (in Taurus and Auriga), Nu Boötis (Nu1 and Nu2)(in Boötes and Hercules) and Fomalhaut (in Piscis Austrinus...
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  • A2 Va. Although it was one of the first stars to be cataloged as a Lambda Boötis star, Murphy et al. (2015) don't consider it to be a member of this population...
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