κ2 Boötis, the brighter star of the pair, is also designated HD 124675, while κ1 Boötis is HD 124674. The two stars share theBright Star Catalogue designation HR 5328, but they have separate entries in theHipparcos catalogue: HIP 69483 and HIP 69481 respectively.
κ1 Boötis is aspectroscopic binary star system. The visible primary is an F2main sequence star, while the secondary is half the mass and much fainter.[16]
κ2 Boötis is classified as aDelta Scuti typevariable star with a period of 1.08 hours[6] Its brightness varies from magnitude +4.50 to +4.58.[4] It is a slightly evolved A8subgiant.
A 17th-magnitude star nearly twoarc-minutes away has been identified as a member of the multiple system with an estimated orbital period of 177,000 years. It is itself a close binary with two similar low-mass stars in a 234-year orbit.[17]
This star, along with the otherAselli (θ Boo andι Boo) andλ Boo, wereAulād al Dhiʼbah (أولاد الضّباع -awlād al-ḍibā‘), "the Whelps of the Hyenas".[18]
InChinese,天槍 (Tiān Qiāng), meaningCelestial Spear, refers to an asterism consisting of κ (actually κ2) Boötis,ι Boötis andθ Boötis.[19] Consequently, theChinese name for κ Boötis itself is天槍一 (Tiān Qiāng yī, English:the First Star of Celestial Spear.)[20]
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