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16 Comae Berenices

Altitude: 59.6°   Azimuth: 135.3°   Direction: South-East

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

16 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 Comae Berenices should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 16 Comae Berenices:

5
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: 59.6°
Azimuth: 135.3°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 16 Comae Berenices

16 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 16 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

12h 26m 59s
+26° 49’ 32”
214.72°
84.55°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 16 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Finder chart 16 Comae Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for 16 Comae Berenices.

Visibility of 16 Comae Berenices from your location

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

Today's 16 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):

Azimuth: 63.2°
Max altitude: 65.3°
Azimuth: 296.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 16 Comae Berenices

The image below is a photograph of 16 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 16 Comae Berenices is -0.006 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 16 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 16 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 16 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

16 Comae Berenices is distant 282.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

86.51 pc
282.01 ly
2 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/year
-0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 16 Comae Berenices

16 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class A4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.31
A4V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 16 Comae Berenices

16 Comae Berenices
SAO82314
SAO82314