29 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:47 | Tran: 20:38 | Set: 3:32

Alt: 61.08° Az: 166.81° Direction: South

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

29 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 50m 10s

Declination +13° 59’ 02”

Hour Angle 23h 33m 52s

Sidereal Time 12h 24m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 48m 54s

Declination +14° 07’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 300.2°

Galactic Latitude 76.98°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.7

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.24

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Comae Berenices is distant 402.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 123.46

Distance (light year) 402.47

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111397

SAO Catalogue SAO100283

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62541

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 2549

FK5 Catalogue 3022

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Riu de Cerdanya, Spain are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Madrid):

Azimuth: 76.0° RISE 13:47

Max altitude: 61.6° TRANSIT 20:38

Azimuth: 284.0° SET 3:32

Name:	Riu de Cerdanya, Spain
Latitude:	42° 20' 43.4" N
Longitude:	1° 49' 34.7" E
Timezone:	Europe/Madrid

Set Location

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