6 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:25 | Tran: 19:40 | Set: 2:58

Alt: -2.61° Az: 62.19° Direction: East-North-East

6 Comae Berenices is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

6 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, 6 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 6 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 17m 17s

Declination +14° 45’ 27”

Hour Angle 16h 24m 05s

Sidereal Time 04h 41m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 16m 00s

Declination +14° 53’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 267.16°

Galactic Latitude 75.25°

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Finder chart for 6 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.1

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.19

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Comae Berenices is distant 197.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 60.64

Distance (light year) 197.70

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.08 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106661

SAO Catalogue SAO100012

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59819

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 2436

FK5 Catalogue 2981

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.2° RISE 12:25

Max altitude: 53.3° TRANSIT 19:40

Azimuth: 284.8° SET 2:58

Set Location

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