Arcturus
Red giant star in the northern constellation of Boötes
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- Spectral class
- K2IIIp
16
Sources- 1.Stated in Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with proper motion and radial velocity
- 2.Stated in Spectral classification of Southern fundamental stars
- 3.Stated in Photoelectric measurements of the lambda 4200 A CN band and the G band in G8-K5 spectra
- 4.Stated in Contribution aux recherches de photometrie photoelectrique dans la Galaxie
- 5.Stated in The abundance of Lithium and convective mixing in stars of type K
- 6.Stated in Multicolor photoelectric photometry of stars with composite spectra
- K2IIIp
- Catalog code
- HD 124897 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
1
- HIP 69673 catalog: Hipparcos Catalogue
1
- HR 5340 catalog: Bright Star Catalogue
1
- IRAS 14133+1925 catalog: IRAS
1
- SAO 100944 catalog: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
1
- 2MASS J14153968+1910558 catalog: 2MASS
1
- GJ 541 catalog: Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars
1
- α Boo catalog: Bayer designation
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- ASCC 870215 catalog: All-sky Compiled Catalogue
1
- BD+19 2777 catalog: Durchmusterung
1
- CSV 101433 catalog: Catalogue of suspected variable stars
1
- FK5 526 catalog: FK5
1
- GC 19242 catalog: Boss General Catalogue
1
- GCRV 8341 catalog: General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities
1
- HIC 69673 catalog: Hipparcos Input Catalogue
1
- IRC +20270 catalog: Two-Micron Sky Survey
1
- JP11 2486 catalog: JP11
1
- LFT 1084 catalog: Luyten Five-Tenths catalogue
1
- LHS 48 catalog: Luyten Half-Second catalogue
1
- LSPM J1415+1910 catalog: LSPM-NORTH catalog
1
- LTT 14184 catalog: Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue
1
- N30 3229 catalog: Catalog of 5,268 Standard Stars Based on the Normal System N30
1
- NLTT 36756 catalog: New Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue
1
- NSV 6603 catalog: New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars
1
- PLX 3242 catalog: General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
1
- PLX 3242.00 catalog: General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
1
- PMC 90-93 376 catalog: Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog
1
- PPM 130442 catalog: PPM Star Catalogue
1
- RAFGL 1693 catalog: Revised AFGL catalogue
1
- ROT 2044 catalog: Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars
1
- SRS 30526 catalog: Southern Reference Star Catalog
1
- TD1 17351 catalog: TD1 Catalog of Stellar Ultraviolet Fluxes
1
- TYC 1472-1436-1 catalog: Tycho Catalogue
1
- UBV 12551 catalog: UBV Photoelectric Photometry Catalogue
1
- uvby98 100124897 catalog: uvbyβ Photoelectric Photometric Catalogue
1
- YPAC 52 catalog: Yunnan Photoelectric Astrolabe Catalogue
1
- CCDM J14157+1911A catalog: Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars
1
- WDS J14157+1911A catalog: Washington Double Star Catalog
1
- Ci 20 843 catalog: Catalogue of proper motion stars
1
- PM 14134+1927 catalog: Catalogs of proper-motion stars. I. Stars brighter than visual magnitude 15 and with annual proper motion of 1" or more
1
- PM 14134-1927 catalog: Catalogs of proper-motion stars. I. Stars brighter than visual magnitude 15 and with annual proper motion of 1" or more
1
- WEB 12132 catalog: Vitesses radiales. Catalogue WEB: Wilson Evans Batten. Radial velocities: The Wilson-Evans-Batten catalogue
1
- 16 Boo catalog: Flamsteed designation
- TIC 459832522 catalog: TESS Input Catalog
1
- AAVSO 1411+19 catalog: AAVSO
1
- AG+19 1335 catalog: AGK3U
1
- UBV M 20076 catalog: UBV Photoelectric Photometry Catalogue
1
- HD 124897 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
- Color index
- 1.27 astronomical filter: U-B colour
- Radius
- 25.4 R☉
- Distance from Earth
- 36.7 ly
- Absolute magnitude
- -0.38
- -0.304
- Parallax
- 87.5 milliarcsecond
- 0.12 arcsecond
1
- Mass
- 1.3 M☉
- Metallicity
- -0.57
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Identifying contributions to the stellar halo from accreted, kicked-out, and in situ populations
- 2.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. III. Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni
- 3.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. V. Molybdenum: The p-process element
- -0.57
- Radial velocity
- -5.16 kilometre per second
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. I. O, Mg, Ca, and Ti in the solar neighborhood and Kepler field samples
- 2.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. III. Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni
- 3.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. V. Molybdenum: The p-process element
- -5.16 kilometre per second
- Right ascension
- 213.9153 degree
1
- 213.9153 degree
- Declination
- 19.1824 degree
1
- 19.1824 degree
- Effective temperature
- 4,251 K
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. I. O, Mg, Ca, and Ti in the solar neighborhood and Kepler field samples
- 2.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. III. Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni
- 3.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. V. Molybdenum: The p-process element
- 4,251 K
- Epoch
- J2000.0
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction
- 2.Stated in SIMBAD
- J2000.0
- Stellar rotational velocity
- 4.2 kilometre per second
- Surface gravity
- 52 centimetre per square second
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. I. O, Mg, Ca, and Ti in the solar neighborhood and Kepler field samples
- 2.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. III. Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni
- 3.Stated in Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. V. Molybdenum: The p-process element
- 52 centimetre per square second
- Luminosity
- 215 solar luminosity
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -1,092.66 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -1,999.96 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
26 identifiers linking Arcturus across the web's reference databases
- ARICNS01115
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinearkturas
- BabelNet ID00005493n
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Arcturus
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1lGTEV
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)66173
- Fandom article IDmemory-beta:Arcturus
- FAST ID1715490
- Freebase ID/m/013bd
- GND ID4142978-3
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDartur
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0005514
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDArcturus
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1828942
- Interlingual Index IDi85009
- J9U entity ID987007295559505171
- KBpedia IDArcturus-Star
- Lex IDArcturus
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2776982656
- NE.se IDarcturus
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3871123
- SIMBAD ID* alf Boo
- ToposText person ID632
- Vikidia article IDfr:Arcturus
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID09228222-n
- Yle topic ID18-257431