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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:01  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:11

36 Comae Berenices

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

36 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, 36 Comae Berenices should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 36 Comae Berenices:

4.78
Giant
36 Comae Berenices is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 36 Comae Berenices

36 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 36 Comae Berenices are provided in the following table:

12h 58m 55s
+17° 24’ 33”
313.41°
80.13°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 36 Comae Berenices in the sky:

Finder chart 36 Comae Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for 36 Comae Berenices.

Visibility of 36 Comae Berenices from your location

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

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

Azimuth: 72.6°
Max altitude: 55.9°
Azimuth: 287.4°
36 Comae Berenices is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 36 Comae Berenices

The image below is a photograph of 36 Comae Berenices from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 36 Comae Berenices is -0.039 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.034 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 36 Comae Berenices star
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);

Distance of 36 Comae Berenices from the Sun and relative movement

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.

91.66 pc
298.81 ly
-2 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/year
0.034 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 36 Comae Berenices

36 Comae Berenices belongs to spectral class M1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.03
M1III
3705K

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

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

Alternative designations of 36 Comae Berenices

36 Comae Berenices
SAO100357
SAO100357