9 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:13 | Tran: 11:58 | Set: 20:43

Alt: 33.50° Az: 274.18° Direction: West

9 Comae Berenices is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

9 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Comae Berenices during the next 1000 years (-3.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 20m 44s

Declination +28° 01’ 10”

Hour Angle 04h 41m 35s

Sideral Time 17h 02m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 19m 29s

Declination +28° 09’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 202.8°

Galactic Latitude 82.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 9 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.33

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.85

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.5

Temperature 6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Comae Berenices is distant 162.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.70

Distance (light year) 162.03

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.197 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.129"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 9 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107213

SAO Catalogue SAO82244

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60098

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 2106

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.0° RISE 3:13

Max altitude: 66.5° TRANSIT 11:58

Azimuth: 298.0° SET 20:43

Set Location

Other stars in Coma Berenices