This orangegiant exhibits a degree of variability, though even at its brightest it remains too faint for most observers to detect with the naked eye.
HR 5394 is the southernmost and faintest of a chain of three stars (which are actually unrelated to one another) on the southern edge of Boötes. The star northward of HR 5394 in the chain is whiteHR 5388, while the northernmost and brightest of the three is another whitestar, fifth-magnitudeHR 5386. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas
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