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What color is Arcturus?
The color of the star Arcturus is orange to orange yellow. It has a temperature of 4,300 K
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What is Arcturus?
Arcturus is a red giant and the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. It has a spectral type of K1 and will have a colour of orange to orange yellow. It is appr…oximately 37 light years from us. See related link for a size comparison to our Sun. (MORE)
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How far is Arcturus?
Arcturus is 36.7 light years from Earth. As a light year is a measurement of the distance travelled by light in one year, this distance directly translates to the time taken f…or light to reach us from Arcturus; slightly less than 37 years. In other words, if you look toward Arcturus on your 37th birthday, the light that reaches your eye actually left Arcturus around the time that you were born. In astronomical terms, that's a short walk to the corner shop. (MORE)
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Where is Arcturus located?
Arcturus (Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. Coordinates are 14h 15m 39.7s, +19° 10′ 56 See related link for wikisky
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Where is Arcturus?
Arcturus can be found at the bottom of the constellation Boötes (See related link for a star map). For more precise details it can be found at
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Who was arcturus?
Arcturus is a star created by Zeus to protect the nearby constellations Arcas and Callisto. Or: Icarius, who was instructed by Dionysus in wine making and was killed by dr…unken who he had shared this gift with; when his daughter Erigone came in search of her missing father with her faithful dog Maira, she found out his death and hanged herself in grief. Dionysus was angered by their deaths, and after transferring Ikarios, Erigone and Maira to the stars as the constellations Bootes (or Arcturus), Virgo and Canis Major, inflicted the land with drought and drove the Athenians maidens mad causing them to hang themselves. In accordance with an oracle a festival was instituted in honor of the dead heroes to appease the god's wrath. (MORE)
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What is the luminosity of Arcturus?
The luminosity of this star is 170 times the solar luminosity . Arcturus star is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes and fourth brightest star in he night sky .
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What is Arcturus named after?
it is named after the god of uranis, his name was Afrjacu, son of Jaraco.
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What stage is Arcturus in?
Arcturus is in the latter part of a stars life. It is a red giant and it's mass is too low for it to "go" supernova. More than likely it's demise will be similar to our own Su…n. (MORE)
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Who discovered arcturus?
Arcturus and all the other bright stars would have been known to the first astronomers, the Babylonians.