The star β-Com
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), β-Com is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 21:36 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 76° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:11, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:07, when it sinks to 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
β-Com
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Magnitude: | 4.25 (V)[1] 4.95 (BT)[1] 4.30 (VT)[1] 3.66 (RP)[2] 4.02 (G)[2] 4.41 (BP)[2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.55 |
| Right Ascension: | 13h11m51s [2] |
| Declination: | +27°52'55" [2] |
| Distance: | 9.2 parsec 29.9 lightyears [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 1193.4 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 317.7° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 4.43 |