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public  Valley Springs, Stati Uniti Valley Springs, Stati Uniti  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:53 
Transit: 13:09 
Sunset: 20:25
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6 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:58 | Tran: 17:48 | Set: 0:33
Alt: 44.23°   Az: 108.27°   Direction: East-South-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.

Image of 6 Comae Berenices star
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

12h 17m 18s
+14° 45’ 25”
21h 01m 05s
09h 18m 23s

J2000

12h 16m 00s
+14° 53’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

267.16°
75.25°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Main-sequence

1.19
A3V
9434K

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

HR 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.

60.64
197.70
10 km/s
-0.08 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

6 Comae Berenices
SAO100012
SAO100012

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Valley Springs, Stati Uniti are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 75.2°
Max altitude: 66.6°
Azimuth: 284.8°