Pi Bootes

NAME RA DEC MAG SEP PA

Pi Bootes

14 40.7 +16 25

4.9, 5.8

5.6"

108

This is a fairly tight double. At 49X in an 8" scope, you can tell that the star was slightly elongated. 81X will give a strong suspicion of the companion, but it isn't a really clean split until you increase the magnification to 122X. Both stars are bright white, with the secondary being about a magnitude dimmer (5.8) than the primary (4.9).