Psi Boötis is a star

Star

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

 in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Boötes

Boötes

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 the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or plowman...

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Psi Boötis is an orange K-type

Stellar classification

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 giant

Giant star

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 with an apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...

 of +4.52. It is approximately 250 light years

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 from Earth

Earth

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Name

This star, according to Assemani, with another in the right arm that may have been ε Boo

Epsilon Boötis

Epsilon Boötis is a double star in the constellation Boötes. It has the traditional names Izar and Pulcherrima....

(Izar), constituted the Arabs' Al Aulād al Nadhlāt, which he rendered Filii altercationis; but the original signifies "the Low, or Mean, Little Ones". .

Al Aulād al Nadhlāt or Aulad al Nathlat was the title of this star in the catalogue of stars in Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars.