5 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:29 | Tran: 12:18 | Set: 20:07

Alt: -2.80° Az: 51.55° Direction: North-East

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

5 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its faintness, 5 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 5 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 13m 24s

Declination +20° 24’ 15”

Hour Angle 15h 46m 17s

Sideral Time 03h 59m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 12m 09s

Declination +20° 32’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 247.11°

Galactic Latitude 78.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 5 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.57

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.29

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Comae Berenices is distant 484.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 148.59

Distance (light year) 484.40

Radial Speed -25 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106057

SAO Catalogue SAO82182

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59501

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 2398

FK5 Catalogue 2977

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.6° RISE 4:29

Max altitude: 58.9° TRANSIT 12:18

Azimuth: 290.4° SET 20:07

Set Location

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