List of stars in Coma Berenices - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices is a traditional asterism that has since been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located near Leo, to which it formerly belonged, and accommodates the North Galactic Pole...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
β Com Beta Comae Berenices Beta Comae Berenices is a main sequence dwarf star in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of about 30 light years. The Greek letter beta usually indicates that the star has the second highest visual magnitude in the constellation...	β	43	114710	64394	4.23	4.42	30	G0V
α Com A Alpha Comae Berenices Alpha Comae Berenices is a star in the constellation Coma Berenices . Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", at magnitude 4.32 it is actually fainter than Beta Comae Berenices. It has the traditional name Diadem. It is said to represent the crown worn by Queen Berenice...	α	42	114378	64241	4.32	3.54	47	F5V	Diadem, Al Dafirah; double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
γ Com Gamma Comae Berenices Gamma Comae Berenices is a K-type giant star in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.350. It appears as part of the cluster Melotte 111, although it is probably not actually in this cluster....	γ	15	108381	60742	4.35	0.76	170	K2IIICN+...
11 Com		11	107383	60202	4.72	−0.50	361	G8III
36 Com		36	112769	63355	4.76	−0.05	299	M0III
12 Com A		12	107700	60351	4.78	0.16	273	F8:p...	double star
23 Com		23	109485	61394	4.80	−0.44	365	A0IV
41 Com		41	113996	64022	4.80	−0.04	303	K5III
37 Com		37	112989	63462	4.88	−2.32	898	K1IIIp	LU Com; RS CVn variable RS Canum Venaticorum variable RS Canum Venaticorum variables are a type of variable star. They are close binary stars having active chromospheres which can cause large stellar spots. These spots are believed to cause variations in their observed luminosity...
35 Com		35	112033	62886	4.89	−0.10	324	G8III
14 Com		14	108283	60697	4.92	0.30	273	F0p
7 Com		7	106714	59847	4.93	0.52	248	K0III
31 Com		31	111812	62763	4.93	0.06	307	G0III	LS Com; FK Com variable
16 Com		16	108382	60746	4.98	0.29	282	A4V
			106760	59856	4.99	0.13	306	K1III
24 Com A		24	109511	61418	5.03	−1.34	614	K2III	double star
6 Com		6	106661	59819	5.09	1.18	198	A3V
27 Com		27	111067	62356	5.12	0.15	322	K3III
13 Com		13	107966	60514	5.17	0.47	284	A3V	GN Com; α² Cvn variable
α Com B Alpha Comae Berenices Alpha Comae Berenices is a star in the constellation Coma Berenices . Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", at magnitude 4.32 it is actually fainter than Beta Comae Berenices. It has the traditional name Diadem. It is said to represent the crown worn by Queen Berenice...	α	42	114379		5.22				component of the α Com system
17 Com		17	108662	60904	5.29	0.70	270	A0p	AI Com; α² Cvn variable & δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...
18 Com		18	108722	60941	5.47	1.36	216	F5III
21 Com		21	108945	61071	5.47	0.57	311	A2pvar	Kissīn; UU Com; α² CVn variable & δ Sct variable
26 Com		26	110024	61724	5.49	0.77	286	G9III
			107325	60170	5.52	2.11	157	K2III-IV
40 Com		40	113866	63950	5.53	−0.69	572	M5III	FS Com
5 Com		5	106057	59501	5.60	−0.26	484	K0II-III
4 Com		4	105981	59468	5.66	−1.22	774	K4III
20 Com		20	108765	60957	5.68	1.22	254	A3V
25 Com		25	109742	61571	5.70	−0.31	518	K5III
			106887	59923	5.71	2.07	174	A4m
29 Com		29	111397	62541	5.71	0.25	402	A1V
			116706	65466	5.75	1.29	254	A3IV
30 Com		30	111469	62576	5.76	0.75	327	A2V
			109519	61420	5.86	−0.65	652	K1III
2 Com		2	104827	58858	5.89	0.68	359	F0IV-V
			114326	64226	5.91	−0.85	733	K5III
38 Com		38	113095	63533	5.97	0.52	400	K0III
39 Com		39	113848	63948	6.00	2.51	163	F4V
			105805	59364	6.01	1.14	308	A4Vn
			108123	60599	6.03	0.11	497	K0III
			114889	64496	6.10	1.30	297	G8III
			117876	66086	6.11	0.32	470	G8III
			107326	60168	6.16	2.25	198	F0IV
			113022	63497	6.20	3.14	133	F6Vs
			114092	64077	6.20	0.82	389	K4III
			107655	60327	6.21	1.20	327	A0V
			107054	60018	6.23	2.51	181	A9.5III
8 Com		8	107168	60087	6.26	1.55	285	A8m
22 Com		22	109307	61295	6.28	1.15	346	A4V
LW Com			111395	62523	6.29	5.12	56	G7V	BY Draconis variable BY Draconis variable BY Draconis variables are main sequence variable stars of late spectral types, usually K or M. The name comes from the archetype for this category of variable star system, BY Draconis. They exhibit variations in their luminosity due to rotation of the star coupled with star spots, and other...
			111893	62825	6.29	1.05	364	A7V
			114724	64417	6.31	0.32	513	K1III
			107398	60197	6.32	1.49	301	F3V + F3V
32 Com		32	111862	62807	6.32	−2.43	1831	M0III
			106926	59941	6.36	0.30	532	K4III
9 Com		9	107213	60098	6.38	2.90	162	F8Vs
			109996	61719	6.39	1.15	364	K1III
3 Com		3	105778	59352	6.40	−0.81	903	A4V
			108007	60525	6.41	1.46	319	F0V
			112060	62904	6.42	3.20	144	G5IV
			111591	62653	6.43	0.80	435	K0III
			115365	64779	6.43	1.76	280	F0V
FM Com			107131	60066	6.44	2.03	248	Am	δ Sct variable
			115319	64751	6.46	1.59	307	G8III
			106022	59489	6.47	1.94	263	F5V
			107415	60210	6.47	0.64	479	K0
28 Com		28	111308	62478	6.47	0.99	407	A1V
			115404	64797	6.49	6.24	37	K2V
1 Com		1	104452	58661	6.57	0.61	507	G0II
24 Com B		24	109510	61415	6.57	−2.96	2629	A7m	component of the 24 Com system
17 Com		17	108651	60891	6.63	2.14	258	A0p
10 Com		10	107276	60123	6.64	1.85	296	Am
33 Com		33	111892	62819	6.93	1.50	397	F8
HD 114762 HD 114762 HD 114762 is a binary star system approximately 132 light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It consists of a yellow-white main sequence star and a red dwarf companion approximately 130 AU apart. Both are low-metal subdwarfs...			114762	64426	7.30	4.27	132	F9V	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b HD 114762 b HD 114762 b is a candidate extrasolar planet, approximately 132 light years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices, and is probably a brown dwarf. This optically undetected companion to the late F-type star HD 114762 was discovered in 1989 by David Latham and others... )
FK Com FK Comae Berenices FK Comae Berenices is a variable star that varies in apparent magnitude between 8.14m and 8.33m over a period of 2.4 days. It is the prototype for the FK Com class of variable stars. The variability of FK Com stars may be caused by large, cool spots on the rotating surfaces of the stars....			117555	65915	8.17	9.04	800	G5II	FK Comae Berenices variable prototype
12 Com B		12	107701		8.60				component of the 12 Com system
HD 108874 HD 108874 HD 108874 is a yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is 223 light years from Earth and has two extrasolar planets that are possibly in a 4:1 orbital resonance.- Star :...			108874	61028	8.76	4.58	224	G5	has two planets (b HD 108874 b HD 108874 b is a gas giant announced in 2003. The orbit lies in the star's habitable zone. It is expected that any moons orbiting this planet are enriched in carbon, and are thus quite different from the silicate-rich bodies in our Solar System.... & c HD 108874 c HD 108874 c is a gas giant discovered in 2005 which orbits beyond the star's habitable zone, and receives insolation 15.9% that of Earth. It has minimum mass similar to Jupiter, although since inclination of the orbit is not known. The true mass of this planet will probably be much greater.This... )

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