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public  Alajuela, Costa Rica Alajuela, Costa Rica  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Costa_Rica
Sunrise: 5:15 
Transit: 11:34 
Sunset: 17:53
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38 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:45 | Tran: 20:00 | Set: 2:10
Alt: 75.65°   Az: 300.45°   Direction: West-North-West

38 Comae Berenices is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

38 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, 38 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.

Image of 38 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 38 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 02m 24s
+16° 59’ 12”
00h 51m 37s
13h 54m 02s

J2000

13h 01m 09s
+17° 07’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

316.09°
79.75°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Hypergiant

0.51
K0III
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Comae Berenices is distant 400.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

122.85
400.49
-6 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

38 Comae Berenices
SAO100374
SAO100374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Alajuela, Costa Rica are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Costa_Rica):

Azimuth: 73.0°
Max altitude: 83.0°
Azimuth: 287.0°