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7 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:14 | Tran: 21:26 | Set: 5:42
Alt: 24.47°   Az: 278.07°   Direction: West

7 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

7 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, 7 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.

Image of 7 Comae Berenices star
DSS2 image of 7 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 17m 37s
+23° 48’ 15”
05h 20m 14s
17h 37m 51s

J2000

12h 16m 20s
+23° 56’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

232.9°
81.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 7 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Giant

0.54
G8III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Comae Berenices is distant 248.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

76.22
248.48
-28 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

7 Comae Berenices
SAO82211
SAO82211

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.2°
Max altitude: 62.3°
Azimuth: 293.8°