7 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:06 | Tran: 13:18 | Set: 21:30

Alt: 59.56° Az: 210.85° Direction: South-South-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.

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

Right Ascension 12h 17m 35s

Declination +23° 48’ 28”

Hour Angle 01h 05m 59s

Sideral Time 13h 23m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 16m 20s

Declination +23° 56’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 232.9°

Galactic Latitude 81.47°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 7 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.95

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.54

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature 4816K

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

Distance (parsec) 76.22

Distance (light year) 248.48

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106714

SAO Catalogue SAO82211

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59847

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 2443

FK5 Catalogue 2982

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° RISE 5:06

Max altitude: 62.3° TRANSIT 13:18

Azimuth: 293.8° SET 21:30

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Coma Berenices