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public  Ba’rigi, Indonesia Ba’rigi, Indonesia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Jakarta
Sunrise: 5:37 
Transit: 11:27 
Sunset: 17:17
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38 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:38 | Tran: 18:28 | Set: 0:17
Alt: 60.51°   Az: 324.73°   Direction: South-South-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 25s
+16° 59’ 10”
01h 09m 08s
14h 11m 34s

J2000

13h 01m 09s
+17° 07’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

316.09°
79.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Comae Berenices.

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 Ba’rigi, Indonesia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Jakarta):

Azimuth: 73.0°
Max altitude: 66.0°
Azimuth: 287.0°