α-Com (Star)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , α-Com is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:53, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:13, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:50, 38° above your western horizon.

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Name α-Com
Object type Star
Other names
α-Com
Alpha Comae Berenices
42-Com
42 Comae Berenices
HR 4968[1]
HD 114378
NSV 6116
HIP 64241[3]
TYC 1454-1134-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:13h09m59s [2]
Declination:+17°31'45" [2]
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Magnitude:
Variable
4.38 (V) [2]
4.92 (BT) [2]
4.43 (VT) [2]
Distance:17.8 parsec
58.1 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.41
Proper motion (speed):455.6 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):288.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):3.13
Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

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