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public  Darazo, Nigeria Darazo, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:03 
Transit: 12:24 
Sunset: 18:44
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5 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:54 | Tran: 17:08 | Set: 23:23
Alt: -56.80°   Az: 340.96°   Direction: North-North-West

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.

Image of 5 Comae Berenices star
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

12h 13m 27s
+20° 24’ 00”
11h 16m 03s
23h 29m 30s

J2000

12h 12m 09s
+20° 32’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

247.11°
78.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.57
Hypergiant

-0.29
K0II
4866K

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

HR 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.

148.59
484.40
-25 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

5 Comae Berenices
SAO82182
SAO82182

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Darazo, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 69.6°
Max altitude: 80.6°
Azimuth: 290.4°