11 Comae Berenices, an orange giant star in Coma Berenices
11 Comae Berenices is an orange giant star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 290 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72.
11 Comae Berenices (HIP 60202)
11 Comae Berenices is an orange giant star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 290 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72. 11 Comae Berenices is a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of 11 Comae Berenices is -0.3 (50.1% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 73.8 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 22,100 and 43,100 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 695,000 years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 4.25 from a distance of 234 light years. 11 Comae Berenices has one confirmed planet known to date (July 2013).
Sky position: RA 12h 20.7m, Dec +17° 47.4'
Common designations: 11 Comae Berenices, HIP 60202, HD 107383, HR 4697
Moon Calendar Poster
Outstanding Lunar Images
Brightest stars in Coma Berenices:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 1 | 4.23 | Beta Comae Berenices |
| 2 | 4.32 | Diadem |
| 3 | 4.35 | Gamma Comae Berenices |
4
| 4.72
) 11 Comae Berenices
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 5 | 4.76 | 36 Comae Berenices |
| 6 | 4.78 | 12 Comae Berenices |
| 7 | 4.80 | 23 Comae Berenices |
| 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 |
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Galactic Orbit of 11 Comae Berenices
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 32.1% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -48.6°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 10,000 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 9,472 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 3,206 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 8,972 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,794 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 13,206 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for 11 Comae Berenices
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 185.17955500° ±0.17 mas | -108.80 ±1.00 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 17.79265294° ±0.14 mas | 90.50 ±0.90 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 264.14239845° | -141.19 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | 78.28053160° | 9.65 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 11.25 ± 0.22 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: K0III 2008ApJS..176..216A.
Radial Velocity: 43.60 ±0.20 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
-0.30 ±0.03 dex
2011A&A...525A..71W, 2007A&A...475.1003H, 1990ApJS...74.1075M.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 5.73 | 0.99 |
| V | 4.72 | -0.02 |
| R | ||
| I | 3.82 | -0.92 |
| J | 2.94 | -1.80 |
| H | 2.48 | -2.26 |
| K | 2.28 | -2.46 |
B-V: +1.01 V-I: +0.90
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 88.85 pc (2.0% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,402 pc
Transverse velocity: 59.6 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -1.8 pc | -18.0 pc | 87.0 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -59.7 km/s | 1.2 km/s | 43.5 km/s |