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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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9 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:39 | Tran: 19:23 | Set: 4:12
Alt: 63.05°   Az: 143.79°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of 9 Comae Berenices star
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

12h 20m 46s
+28° 00’ 56”
22h 49m 23s
11h 10m 10s

J2000

12h 19m 29s
+28° 09’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

202.8°
82.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 9 Comae Berenices.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Main-sequence

2.85
F8V
6389K

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

HR 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.

49.70
162.03
-8 km/s
-0.197 arcsec/y
-0.129"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Comae Berenices
SAO82244
SAO82244

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°
Max altitude: 66.5°
Azimuth: 298.0°