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4 Comae Berenices

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 4 Comae Berenices

4 Comae Berenices is an orange K-type giant pulsing at 886 light-years inside Berenices' Hair, that cascade of faint stars with which the Hellenistic queen thanked the gods for her husband's return. Its light, crossing the window to the North Galactic Pole, traverses a region clean of dust, ideal for looking beyond the Milky Way toward the distant extragalactic clusters.

Where it is and when to see it

4 Comae Berenices lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 64° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 28 in brightness among the 39 stars of Coma Berenices in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Comae Berenices, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 890 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 4 Comae Berenices

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 5.66
Distance: 886.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 182.963° · Dec 25.870°
Catalogue: HIP 59468 · HD 105981

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Other stars in Coma Berenices

Coma Berenices has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Coma Berenices