41 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:13 | Tran: 12:53 | Set: 21:34

Alt: -6.46° Az: 332.65° Direction: North-North-West

41 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

41 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, 41 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 41 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 08m 21s

Declination +27° 29’ 34”

Hour Angle 09h 56m 06s

Sideral Time 23h 04m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 07m 10s

Declination +27° 37’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 41.94°

Galactic Latitude 86.47°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 41 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.8

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.04

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.48

Temperature 3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

41 Comae Berenices is distant 303.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.02

Distance (light year) 303.26

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 41 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD113996

SAO Catalogue SAO82659

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64022

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 2185

FK5 Catalogue 3045

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.5° RISE 4:13

Max altitude: 66.0° TRANSIT 12:53

Azimuth: 297.5° SET 21:34

Set Location

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