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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.

Image of 26 Comae Berenices star
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

12h 40m 23s
+20° 55’ 24”
00h 11m 56s
12h 52m 19s

J2000

12h 39m 07s
+21° 03’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

277.43°
83.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Giant

0.74
G9III
4841K

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

HR 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.

87.80
286.22
-21 km/s
-0.081 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

26 Comae Berenices
SAO82421
SAO82421

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°
Max altitude: 59.4°
Azimuth: 290.9°