Coma Berenices, the Berenice's Hair (Com)
(CO-muh BER-uh-NICE-eez)
The constellation of Coma Berenices, the Berenice's Hair, is best viewed in Spring during the month of May. It's brightest star is Beta Comae Berenices at magnitude 4.26. The boundary of the Coma Berenices constellation contains 7 stars that host known exoplanets.
- Pronunciation:
- CO-muh BER-uh-NICE-eez
- Meaning:
- Berenice's Hair
- Genitive:
- Comae Berenices
- Abbreviation:
- Com
- Constellation Family:
- Ursa Major
- Hemisphere:
- Northern
- Quadrant:
- NQ3
- Best viewing month*:
- May
- Right Ascension (avg):
- 12h 45m
- Declination (avg):
- 22° 39'
- Brightest star:
- Beta Comae Berenices (4.26)
- Stars with planets:
- 7
Double Stars in Coma Berenices
These are the brightest and easiest-to-find double, triple, and quadruple star systems in the constellation Coma Berenices .
- Star system
- Magnitudes
- Type
- 24 Comae Berenices
- 5.1, 6.3
- double
Star Clusters in Coma Berenices
The most notable, famous, and easy-to-find star clusters in the constellation Coma Berenices :
- Star cluster
- Catalog #
- Cluster type
- Coma Cluster
- open
- Messier 53
- M53
- globular
- NGC 4147
- globular
- NGC 5053
- globular
Galaxies in Coma Berenices
The most notable, famous, and easy-to-find galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices :
- Galaxy name
- Catalog #
- Galaxy type
- Black Eye Galaxy
- M64
- spiral
- Malin 1
- spiral
- Mice Galaxies
- spiral pair
- Needle Galaxy
- C38
- spiral
* For southern latitudes, flip the season listed. For example, if a constellation is listed as best viewed in the summer in the month of July, in the southern hemisphere the constellation would be best viewed in the winter in January and would be upside-down.
** Circumpolar constellations are visible year-round in the hemisphere listed (and not at all in the opposite).