Arcturus

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4992.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4992. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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The star α Boötis, a golden yellow giant star (spectral type K2IIIp), with an apparent magnitude of -0.05 it is the fourth brightest star in the sky. Its distance is currently 37 light-years (parallax 0.089''), but it has been calculated that its high velocity through space will carry it past the solar system in a few thousand years. It will be a spectacular visitor, being about 21 times the Sun'...

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