Arcturus is the brightest star of Böotes constellation. Near it we find Muphrid, Eta Boötis. Although we see stars between Arcturus and Muphrid, Arcturus is in fact its closest stellar neighbor, and their distances to the Sun are very similar.

This picture was taken in May 2009, from the center of a light polluted city using 70 subframes of 5 seconds each. Canon EOS 450d (Rebel XTi) was the camera used with 55mm lens at F:5.6.

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