26 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:16 | Tran: 22:08 | Set: 6:05

Alt: 59.35° Az: 185.47° Direction: South

26 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

26 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 40m 23s

Declination +20° 55’ 24”

Hour Angle 00h 11m 56s

Sidereal Time 12h 52m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 39m 07s

Declination +21° 03’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 277.43°

Galactic Latitude 83.32°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Comae Berenices is distant 286.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.80

Distance (light year) 286.22

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.081 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD110024

SAO Catalogue SAO82421

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP61724

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 2439

FK5 Catalogue 3012

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.1° RISE 14:16

Max altitude: 59.4° TRANSIT 22:08

Azimuth: 290.9° SET 6:05

Set Location

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