28 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:53 | Tran: 20:00 | Set: 3:11

Alt: 1.59° Az: 70.25° Direction: East-North-East

28 Comae Berenices is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

28 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, 28 Comae Berenices is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of 28 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 49m 30s

Declination +13° 24’ 52”

Hour Angle 17h 01m 09s

Sidereal Time 05h 50m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 48m 14s

Declination +13° 33’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 299.63°

Galactic Latitude 76.4°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.56

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.08

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Comae Berenices is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111308

SAO Catalogue SAO100269

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62478

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 2546

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.6° RISE 12:53

Max altitude: 51.9° TRANSIT 20:00

Azimuth: 283.4° SET 3:11

Set Location

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