★ Star Xi Bootis | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Xi Bootis is located 22 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Xi Bootis A

Yellow star (spectral class G8Ve)

Mass: 0.881 M Sun

Size: 0.863 R Sun

Temperature: 5480 K | 0.95 T Sun

Age: 6.5 billions years | 1.41 Sun

Luminosity: 0.6041 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 4.675

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Xi Bootis B

Orange star (spectral class K4Ve)

Mass: 0.7 M Sun

Size: 0.61 R Sun

Temperature: 4767 K | 0.83 T Sun

Age: 6.5 billions years | 1.41 Sun

Luminosity: 0.061 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 6.816

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Xi Bootis

      Nearby star Xi Bootis can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Gliese 566, Ksi Bootis, GJ 556, ξ Boo, ξ Boötis, 37 Boötis, HD 131156, HIP 72659, HR 5544, SAO 101250, Gaia EDR3 1237090738916392704

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* ksi Boo B )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1237090738916392832)

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Distance (Light Years)		Mass (Solar mass)	Planets


2.8	WISEP J1503+2525	0.02 M_☉

7.1	Gliese 526	0.28 M_☉

8.4	LP 502-56	0 M_☉

9.2	Gliese 514	0.51 M_☉	1

9.4	SDSS J1416+1348	0.07 M_☉ 0.03 M_☉

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