27 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:23 | Tran: 13:48 | Set: 21:12

Alt: 54.71° Az: 188.76° Direction: South

27 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

27 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Comae Berenices during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 47m 52s

Declination +16° 26’ 34”

Hour Angle 00h 21m 03s

Sideral Time 13h 08m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 46m 38s

Declination +16° 34’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 296.68°

Galactic Latitude 79.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 27 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.12

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.15

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature 4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Comae Berenices is distant 321.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 53 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.72

Distance (light year) 321.82

Radial Speed 53 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111067

SAO Catalogue SAO100252

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62356

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 2533

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.6° RISE 6:23

Max altitude: 55.0° TRANSIT 13:48

Azimuth: 286.4° SET 21:12

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Coma Berenices