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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:27
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13 Comae Berenices

Altitude: 12.5°   Azimuth: 63.5°   Direction: East-North-East

13 Comae Berenices is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

13 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its reltive faintness, 13 Comae Berenices should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 13 Comae Berenices is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 13 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 13 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 13 Comae Berenices

5.18
Main-sequence

13 Comae Berenices is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: 12.5°
Azimuth: 63.5°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 13 Comae Berenices

13 Comae Berenices is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 13 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

12h 24m 18s
+26° 05’ 54”
221.04°
83.85°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 13 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Finder chart 13 Comae Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for 13 Comae Berenices.

Visibility of 13 Comae Berenices from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 13 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.9°
Max altitude: 64.6°
Azimuth: 296.1°

Distance of 13 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

13 Comae Berenices is distant 284.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

87.18 pc
284.22 ly
1 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year
-0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 13 Comae Berenices

13 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.48
A3V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 13 Comae Berenices

13 Comae Berenices
SAO82291
SAO82291