8 Comae Berenices

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:52 | Tran: 11:58 | Set: 20:03

Alt: -3.30° Az: 45.72° Direction: North-East

8 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

8 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 20m 34s

Declination +22° 53’ 50”

Hour Angle 15h 23m 31s

Sideral Time 03h 44m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 19m 19s

Declination +23° 02’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 240.56°

Galactic Latitude 81.66°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 8 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.56

Spectral Type A5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Comae Berenices is distant 285.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.49

Distance (light year) 285.21

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107168

SAO Catalogue SAO82239

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60087

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 2448

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.1° RISE 3:52

Max altitude: 61.4° TRANSIT 11:58

Azimuth: 292.9° SET 20:03

Set Location

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