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32 Comae Berenices

Altitude: 29.4°   Azimuth: 99.6°   Direction: East

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

32 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, 32 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 32 Comae Berenices is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 32 Comae Berenices star
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);

Key facts about 32 Comae Berenices

6.32
Hypergiant

32 Comae Berenices is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 29.4°
Azimuth: 99.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 32 Comae Berenices

32 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 32 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

12h 52m 12s
+17° 04’ 26”
303.98°
79.94°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 32 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Finder chart 32 Comae Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for 32 Comae Berenices.

Visibility of 32 Comae Berenices from your location

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

Today's 32 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.9°
Max altitude: 55.6°
Azimuth: 287.1°

Distance of 32 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

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.

561.80 pc
1,831.46 ly
-1 km/s
0.001 arcsec/year
-0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 32 Comae Berenices

32 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class M0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-2.43
M0III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 32 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

32 Comae Berenices 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:

6.32
6.92
0.6
196.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of 32 Comae Berenices

32 Comae Berenices
SAO100309
SAO100309