Star profile

37 Comae Berenices

Variable star

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

What is 37 Comae Berenices

37 Comae Berenices is an orange K-type star whose brightness shifts gently, nested in the quiet and elegant constellation of Berenice's Hair —famed for its eponymous open cluster and for hosting a vast field of distant galaxies. The light arriving tonight set out roughly six hundred and sixty years ago, crossing the silent voids between stellar groupings before finding an observer's eye.

Where it is and when to see it

37 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 69° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 25° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.

It ranks no. 9 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 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 660 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 37 Comae Berenices

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Apparent magnitude: 4.88
Distance: 660.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 195.069° · Dec 30.785°
Catalogue: HIP 63462 · HD 112989

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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