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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:18
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4 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:02 | Tran: 18:29 | Set: 2:59
Alt: -12.67°   Az: 355.51°   Direction: North

4 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

4 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, 4 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 4 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 4 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 13m 08s
+25° 43’ 42”
11h 40m 33s
23h 53m 42s

J2000

12h 11m 51s
+25° 52’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

218.78°
81.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 4 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.66
Giant

-1.22
K4III
3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Comae Berenices is distant 774.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

237.53
774.35
22 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

4 Comae Berenices
SAO82178
SAO82178

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.3°
Max altitude: 64.2°
Azimuth: 295.7°