32 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:43 | Tran: 21:45 | Set: 4:44

Alt: 24.33° Az: 271.82° Direction: West

32 Comae Berenices is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

32 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, 32 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 32 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 32 Comae Berenices during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 53m 28s

Declination +16° 56’ 10”

Hour Angle 04h 48m 41s

Sidereal Time 17h 42m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 52m 12s

Declination +17° 04’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 303.98°

Galactic Latitude 79.94°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.43

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.59

Temperature 3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 32 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 32 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

32 Comae Berenices is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 32 Comae Berenices double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.32

Secondary star magnitude 6.92

Magnitude difference 0.6

Separation 196.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

32 Comae Berenices is distant 1,831.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 561.80

Distance (light year) 1,831.46

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 32 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111862

SAO Catalogue SAO100309

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62807

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 2551

FK5 Catalogue 1333

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 32 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Farmingville, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 73.1° RISE 14:43

Max altitude: 66.1° TRANSIT 21:45

Azimuth: 286.9° SET 4:44

Name:	Farmingville, United States
Latitude:	40° 49' 52.3" N
Longitude:	73° 1' 46.2" W
Timezone:	America/New_York

Set Location

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