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public  Datong, China Datong, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:09 
Sunset: 19:15
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3 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:43 | Tran: 17:25 | Set: 0:08
Alt: 22.28°   Az: 84.00°   Direction: East

3 Comae Berenices is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

3 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, 3 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.

Image of 3 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 3 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 11m 49s
+16° 40’ 02”
19h 04m 31s
07h 16m 21s

J2000

12h 10m 31s
+16° 48’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

258.3°
76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Main-sequence

-0.82
A4V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Comae Berenices is distant 903.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

277.01
903.05
-12 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

3 Comae Berenices
SAO99973
SAO99973

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Datong, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 73.3°
Max altitude: 73.8°
Azimuth: 286.7°