13 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:01 | Tran: 19:34 | Set: 4:10

Alt: 29.00° Az: 84.12° Direction: South

13 Comae Berenices is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

13 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 13 Comae Berenices is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 25m 35s

Declination +25° 57’ 27”

Hour Angle 18h 58m 29s

Sidereal Time 07h 24m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 24m 18s

Declination +26° 05’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 221.04°

Galactic Latitude 83.85°

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Finder chart for 13 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.18

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.48

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 9226K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 87.18

Distance (light year) 284.22

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107966

SAO Catalogue SAO82291

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60514

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 2344

General Catalogue of Variable Stars GN Com

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.0° RISE 11:01

Max altitude: 63.8° TRANSIT 19:34

Azimuth: 296.0° SET 4:10

Name:	Great Malvern, United Kingdom
Latitude:	52° 6' 41.8" N
Longitude:	2° 19' 30.5" W
Timezone:	Europe/London

Set Location

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