14 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:53 | Tran: 19:29 | Set: 3:08

Alt: -16.33° Az: 31.99° Direction: South

14 Comae Berenices is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

14 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, 14 Comae Berenices is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 14 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 27m 40s

Declination +27° 07’ 39”

Hour Angle 14h 19m 20s

Sidereal Time 02h 47m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 26m 24s

Declination +27° 16’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.06°

Galactic Latitude 84.43°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.95

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.33

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Comae Berenices is distant 273.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.89

Distance (light year) 273.49

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD108283

SAO Catalogue SAO82310

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60697

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 2115

FK5 Catalogue 2997

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greensboro, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 62.9° RISE 11:53

Max altitude: 78.2° TRANSIT 19:29

Azimuth: 297.1° SET 3:08

Name:	Greensboro, United States
Latitude:	38° 58' 25.3" N
Longitude:	75° 48' 17.6" W
Timezone:	America/New_York

Set Location

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