Bootes
- Abbreviation:
- Boo
- Genitive:
- Bootis
- Translation:
- The Bear Herder
- Right Ascention:
- 15h 0m
- Declination:
- 30°
Bootes was placed in the sky to assure the Big and Little Bears stayed in their proper position within the polar region. He is also credited with inventing the plow, which made Ceres, the goddess of the harvest, very happy.
Stars in this Constellation
- α Boo: Arcturus
- ε Boo: Izar
- η Boo: Mufrid
- γ Boo: Seginus
- δ Boo
- β Boo: Nekkar
- ρ Boo
- ζ Boo
- θ Boo: Asellus Primus
- υ Boo
- λ Boo
- τ Boo
- ς Boo
- μ Boo: Alkalurops
- ξ Boo
- κ Boo: Asellus Tertius
- ψ Boo
- ο Boo
- 12 Boo
- 34 Boo: Bootes
- π Boo
- 44 Boo
- ω Boo
- ι Boo: Asellus Secondus
- 45 Boo
- 20 Boo
- ν Boo
- 31 Boo
- ν Boo
- 6 Boo
- 9 Boo
- 18 Boo
- χ Boo
- 10 Boo
- 22 Boo
- 50 Boo
- φ Boo
- 13 Boo
- 33 Boo
- 15 Boo
- 14 Boo
- 47 Boo
- 1 Boo
- 32 Boo
- 40 Boo
- 24 Boo
- 7 Boo
- 46 Boo
- 2 Boo
- 38 Boo: Merga
- π Boo
- 3 Boo
- 26 Boo
- 39 Boo
- 11 Boo
- κ Boo
- μ Boo