28 Comae Berenices

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

28 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its reltive faintness, 28 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 28 Comae Berenices:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 28 Comae Berenices

28 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 28 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 28 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Visibility of 28 Comae Berenices from your location

Today's 28 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 28 Comae Berenices

The image below is a photograph of 28 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 28 Comae Berenices is -0.047 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 28 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

28 Comae Berenices is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun

Spectral properties of 28 Comae Berenices

28 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

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

Alternative designations of 28 Comae Berenices