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26 Comae Berenices

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 26 Comae Berenices

26 Comae Berenices burns about 273 light-years away, in a stretch of sky where the Virgo galaxy cluster opens out behind every apparent star. A G-type star, similar in colour to the Sun but more distant and luminous, its glow is modest: the light reaching us now left when Galileo's telescopes had already passed into other hands. A quiet beacon in a constellation crowded with remote worlds.

Where it is and when to see it

26 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 60° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 70° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 35° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 69° S.

It ranks no. 24 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 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 26 Comae Berenices

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 5.49
Distance: 273.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 189.780° · Dec 21.063°
Catalogue: HIP 61724 · HD 110024

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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