37 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:57 | Tran: 13:06 | Set: 22:16

Alt: 3.09° Az: 318.76° Direction: North-West

37 Comae Berenices is a variable and double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

37 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 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 37 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 01m 27s

Declination +30° 39’ 07”

Hour Angle 08h 40m 18s

Sideral Time 21h 41m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 00m 16s

Declination +30° 47’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 95.6°

Galactic Latitude 85.86°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 37 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.9

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.30

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

37 Comae Berenices is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 37 Comae Berenices double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.9

Secondary star magnitude 12.7

Magnitude difference 7.8

Separation 5.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Comae Berenices is distant 898.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 275.48

Distance (light year) 898.07

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD112989

SAO Catalogue SAO63288

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63462

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 2434

FK5 Catalogue 3039

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8731

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.3° RISE 3:57

Max altitude: 69.2° TRANSIT 13:06

Azimuth: 300.7° SET 22:16

Set Location

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