11 Boötis


11 Boötis is a star in the northern constellation of Boötes, located 333 light years away from the Sun. It is near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, appearing as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.23. This body is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −24 km/s. It has a stellar classification of A7 III, matching an evolved A-type giant star. The star is 328 million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 123 km/s. It has 1.67 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 22 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,997 K.