36 Comae Berenices, a red giant star in Coma Berenices
36 Comae Berenices is a red giant star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 324 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.76.
36 Comae Berenices (HIP 63355)
36 Comae Berenices is a red giant star in the constellation Coma Berenices. At 324 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.76. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 23.9 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 24,000 and 34,900 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 12h 58.9m, Dec +17° 24.6'
Common designations: 36 Comae Berenices, HIP 63355, HD 112769, HR 4920
Glow-in-the-dark
Moon Calendar Magnet
Glows for hours and
will fascinate everyone!
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 |
5
| 4.76
) 36 Comae Berenices
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 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 36 Comae Berenices
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 18.7% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -15.4°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 9,033 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 8,874 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 1,685 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 8,718 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 7,348 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 10,718 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for 36 Comae Berenices
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 194.73110802° ±0.24 mas | -37.45 ±0.23 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 17.40936045° ±0.20 mas | 34.18 ±0.18 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 313.40539298° | -31.11 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | 80.12853119° | 40.03 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 10.06 ± 0.28 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: M0.5III 1989ApJS...71..245K.
Radial Velocity: -1.98 ±0.12 km/s [A rating] 2009A&A...498..627F, 2005A&A...430..165F.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
6.33
1.34
V
4.76
-0.22
R
I
3.14
-1.84
J
1.63
-3.35
H
0.89
-4.09
K
0.80
-4.19
B-V: +1.57 V-I: +1.62
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 99.31 pc (2.8% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,389 pc
Transverse velocity: 23.9 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 11.7 pc | -12.4 pc | 97.8 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -23.6 km/s | 3.7 km/s | 1.3 km/s |