6 Comae Berenices, a white main-sequence star in Coma Berenices
6 Comae Berenices is a white main-sequence star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 199 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.09.
6 Comae Berenices (HIP 59819)
6 Comae Berenices is a white main-sequence star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 199 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.09. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 26.9 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 21,400 and 24,100 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 12h 16.0m, Dec +14° 54'
Common designations: 6 Comae Berenices, HIP 59819, HD 106661
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Brightest stars in Coma Berenices:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 8 | 4.80 | 41 Comae Berenices |
| 9 | 4.88 | 37 Comae Berenices |
| 10 | 4.89 | 35 Comae Berenices |
| 11 | 4.92 | 14 Comae Berenices |
| 12 | 4.93 | 7 Comae Berenices |
| 13 | 4.93 | 31 Comae Berenices |
| 14 | 4.98 | 16 Comae Berenices |
| 15 | 4.99 | HR 4668 |
| 16 | 5.03 | 24 Comae Berenices A |
17
| 5.09
) 6 Comae Berenices
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 18 | 5.12 | 27 Comae Berenices |
| 19 | 5.17 | 13 Comae Berenices |
| 20 | 5.29 | 17 Comae Berenices A |
| 21 | 5.47 | 18 Comae Berenices |
| 22 | 5.47 | 21 Comae Berenices |
| 23 | 5.49 | 26 Comae Berenices |
| 24 | 5.52 | HR 4693 |
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Galactic Orbit of 6 Comae Berenices
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 6.1% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -171.6°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 6,982 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 6,969 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 424 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 6,957 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,558 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 7,406 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for 6 Comae Berenices
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 184.00097877° ±0.17 mas | -81.44 ±0.23 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 14.89914497° ±0.12 mas | -31.12 ±0.12 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 267.16147649° | -51.88 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | 75.25074611° | -70.07 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 16.42 ± 0.20 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: A1Van 2001A&A...373..625P.
Radial Velocity: 9.60 ±2.30 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
5.16
1.24
V
5.09
1.17
R
I
5.03
1.10
J
5.17
1.25
H
4.95
1.03
K
4.89
0.97
B-V: +0.07 V-I: +0.06
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 60.89 pc (1.2% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,401 pc
Transverse velocity: 25.2 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -0.8 pc | -15.5 pc | 58.9 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -16.0 km/s | -21.2 km/s | 4.1 km/s |