13 Comae Berenices

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 13 Comae Berenices:

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:

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

Visibility of 13 Comae Berenices from your location

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

Digitized Sky Survey image of 13 Comae Berenices

The image below is a photograph of 13 Comae Berenices from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). 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.

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.

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.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of 13 Comae Berenices