24 Comae Berenices

24 Comae Berenices is a variable and double giant star in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

24 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.02. Because of its reltive faintness, 24 Comae Berenices should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 24 Comae Berenices:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 24 Comae Berenices

24 Comae Berenices is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 24 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 24 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Visibility of 24 Comae Berenices from your location

Today's 24 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of 24 Comae Berenices

The image below is a photograph of 24 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 24 Comae Berenices is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 24 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

24 Comae Berenices is distant 613.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of 24 Comae Berenices

24 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

24 Comae Berenices star system properties

24 Comae Berenices is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Comae Berenices double sysyem:

Alternative designations of 24 Comae Berenices