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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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2 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:06 | Tran: 19:00 | Set: 2:59
Alt: 36.58°   Az: 101.85°   Direction: South-South-West

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

2 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, 2 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.

Image of 2 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 2 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 05m 34s
+21° 19’ 02”
20h 09m 52s
08h 15m 27s

J2000

12h 04m 16s
+21° 27’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

238.22°
77.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Hypergiant

0.66
F0IV
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

2 Comae Berenices is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 2 Comae Berenices double sysyem:

5.87
7.27
1.4
3.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Comae Berenices is distant 358.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

110.01
358.64
6 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

2 Comae Berenices
SAO82123
SAO82123

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.7°
Max altitude: 59.8°
Azimuth: 291.3°