Star profile

27 Comae Berenices

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

What is 27 Comae Berenices

27 Comae Berenices glows in orange tones 340 light-years away, in Berenice's Hair —that diffuse mist of stars and galaxies that actually shelters the Coma Cluster. Its light, typical of a mature K-type giant, threads through a region famed for the thousands of galaxies crowding the background. What we see today set out around 1685.

Where it is and when to see it

27 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 55° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 40° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 73° S.

It ranks no. 18 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 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 27 Comae Berenices

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 5.12
Distance: 339.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 191.661° · Dec 16.578°
Catalogue: HIP 62356 · HD 111067

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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