22 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:56 | Tran: 22:11 | Set: 6:29

Alt: 4.57° Az: 303.95° Direction: North-West

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

22 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, 22 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 22 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 34m 49s

Declination +24° 08’ 36”

Hour Angle 07h 40m 06s

Sidereal Time 20h 14m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 33m 34s

Declination +24° 16’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 247.2°

Galactic Latitude 85.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.29

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.16

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Comae Berenices is distant 346.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.27

Distance (light year) 346.44

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 22 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD109307

SAO Catalogue SAO82378

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP61295

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 2523

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.9° RISE 13:56

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 22:11

Azimuth: 294.1° SET 6:29

Set Location

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