List of stars in Coma Berenices
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Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

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 RA
Right ascension
Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:...

Dec
Declination
In astronomy, declination is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Declination in astronomy is comparable to geographic latitude, but projected onto the celestial sphere. Declination is measured in degrees north and...

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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...

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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...

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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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