Star profile

5 Comae Berenices

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

What is 5 Comae Berenices

5 Comae Berenices sits in that soft spring constellation, the hair Berenice offered to the gods for her husband's safe return. It is an orange K-type giant about 425 light-years away: its light left around the 16th century, when Cervantes was living his most productive years. In the middle of the faint swarm of the tresses, this star contributes a golden gleam among countless white pinpricks.

Where it is and when to see it

5 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for 5 Comae Berenices

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 5.60
Distance: 425.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 183.039° · Dec 20.542°
Catalogue: HIP 59501 · HD 106057

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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