36 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:12 | Tran: 12:41 | Set: 20:11

Alt: 55.63° Az: 187.10° Direction: South

36 Comae Berenices is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

36 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, 36 Comae Berenices is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 36 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 00m 08s

Declination +17° 16’ 34”

Hour Angle 00h 16m 45s

Sideral Time 13h 16m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 58m 55s

Declination +17° 24’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 313.41°

Galactic Latitude 80.13°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 36 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.78

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.03

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.56

Temperature 3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Comae Berenices is distant 298.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.66

Distance (light year) 298.81

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.039 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD112769

SAO Catalogue SAO100357

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63355

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 2682

FK5 Catalogue 3036

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6046

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.7° RISE 5:12

Max altitude: 55.8° TRANSIT 12:41

Azimuth: 287.3° SET 20:11

Set Location

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