38 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:39 | Tran: 13:07 | Set: 20:35

Alt: -15.23° Az: 325.91° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 13h 02m 23s

Declination +16° 59’ 24”

Hour Angle 09h 42m 16s

Sideral Time 22h 44m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 01m 09s

Declination +17° 07’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 316.09°

Galactic Latitude 79.75°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 38 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.96

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

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

Distance (parsec) 122.85

Distance (light year) 400.49

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD113095

SAO Catalogue SAO100374

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63533

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 2573

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.0° RISE 5:39

Max altitude: 55.5° TRANSIT 13:07

Azimuth: 287.0° SET 20:35

Set Location

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