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γ Comae Berenices (gamma Comae Berenices)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:07 | Tran: 17:53 | Set: 2:42
Alt: 6.19°   Az: 308.69°   Direction: North-West

γ Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

γ Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Comae Berenices (gamma Comae Berenices) star
DSS2 image of γ Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-13.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 28m 12s
+28° 07’ 37”
07h 53m 29s
20h 21m 42s

J2000

12h 26m 56s
+28° 16’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

199.63°
84.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Comae Berenices (gamma Comae Berenices).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Giant

0.77
K1III
4451K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Comae Berenices is distant 169.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

52.14
169.97
4 km/s
-0.083 arcsec/y
-0.08"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Comae Berenices
(gamma Comae Berenices)
15 Comae Berenices
SAO82313
SAO82313

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 61.9°
Max altitude: 66.6°
Azimuth: 298.1°