Arcturus (HIP 69673)
Arcturus is an orange giant star in the constellation Boötes. At 37 light years away, it is the 3rd brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of -0.05. Arcturus is a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Arcturus is -0.5 (31.6% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 121.7 km/s relative to the Sun.
Sky position: RA 14h 15.7m, Dec +19° 11.4'
