Star profile
Beta Comae Berenices
Nearby starWhat is Beta Comae Berenices
Beta Comae Berenices is one of the closest naked-eye twins of the Sun, sitting just under thirty light-years away. It shares almost the same mass, colour and temperature as our star, and astronomers often treat it as a reference twin to understand how the Sun itself would look from outside. Its light crosses space for barely a single human lifetime before reaching our eyes.
Where it is and when to see it
Beta 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 66° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.
It is the brightest of the 39 stars of Coma Berenices in our catalogue, which makes it the best starting point for finding your way around the constellation.
The light you see today left it about 30 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Beta Comae Berenices
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.23
- Distance
- 29.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 197.969° · Dec 27.878°
- Catalogue
- HIP 64394 · HD 114710
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Other stars in Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiademAlpha Comae Berenices4.32
- Gamma Comae Berenices4.35
- 11 Comae Berenices4.72
- 36 Comae Berenices4.76
- 12 Comae Berenices4.78
- 23 Comae Berenices4.80
- 41 Comae Berenices4.80
- 37 Comae Berenices4.88