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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:20 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:30
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29 Comae Berenices

Altitude: -23.4°   Azimuth: 346.0°   Direction: North-North-West

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

29 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its reltive faintness, 29 Comae Berenices should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 29 Comae Berenices is 0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 29 Comae Berenices star
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);

Key facts about 29 Comae Berenices

5.7
Main-sequence

29 Comae Berenices is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -23.4°
Azimuth: 346.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 29 Comae Berenices

29 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 29 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

12h 48m 54s
+14° 07’ 21”
300.2°
76.98°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 29 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Finder chart 29 Comae Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for 29 Comae Berenices.

Visibility of 29 Comae Berenices from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 29 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.9°
Max altitude: 52.6°
Azimuth: 284.1°

Distance of 29 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

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.

123.46 pc
402.47 ly
-8 km/s
0.026 arcsec/year
-0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 29 Comae Berenices

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

0.24
A1V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 29 Comae Berenices

29 Comae Berenices
SAO100283
SAO100283