16 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:54 | Tran: 13:28 | Set: 22:02

Alt: 60.79° Az: 219.75° Direction: South-West

16 Comae Berenices is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

16 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 28m 13s

Declination +26° 41’ 20”

Hour Angle 01h 21m 46s

Sideral Time 13h 49m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 26m 59s

Declination +26° 49’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.72°

Galactic Latitude 84.55°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 16 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 9226K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 86.51

Distance (light year) 282.01

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD108382

SAO Catalogue SAO82314

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60746

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 2134

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.3° RISE 4:54

Max altitude: 65.2° TRANSIT 13:28

Azimuth: 296.7° SET 22:02

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Coma Berenices