Pulcherrima
HR 5505 · HIP 72105 · ε Boo B
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.801 mag
- Parallax
- 16.1 mas → about 202.6 light-years away
- Spectral type
- A0
- Right ascension
- 221.2465°
- Declination
- 27.075°
- Designation
- HR 5505
- Bayer designation
- ε Boo B
- HIP number
- 72105
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-04-15
- Name language
- Latin
- Name origin (IAU)
- The Latin name translates to "most beautiful" or "loveliest," referring to its striking, contrasting colors; it was introduced by F. Struve in 1837.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 203 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1823 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 27.1° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.