Boötes
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Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from Latin: Boōtēs, which comes f
Boötes as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c. 1825. In his left hand he holds his hunting dogs, Canes Venatici. Below them is the constellation Coma Berenices. Above the head of Boötes is Quadrans Muralis, now obsolete, but which lives on as the name of the early January Quadrantid meteor shower. Mons Mænalus can be seen at his feet.
The constellation Boötes as it can be seen by the naked eye
A digital rendering of Tau Boötis b
Boötes from Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, dated 1009-10
Epsilon Boötis
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Epsilon Boötis is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Boötes. The two components have the proper names Izar and Pulcherrima respectively; both are traditional names for the system. T
Boötes
…contains the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, the orange giant Arcturus, which is also the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. Epsilon Boötis, or Izar, is a colourful multiple star popular with amateur astronomers. Boötes is home to many other bright stars, including eight above the fourth…
Epsilon Bootis (Izar) as seen in a small telescope