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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 34m 51.08058s[1] |
Declination | +22° 37′ 45.3303″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.80[2] (4.96 + 6.90)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A0IV[4] |
U−B color index | −0.01[5] |
B−V color index | +0.012±0.015[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −16.0±1.8[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −58.89[1] mas/yr Dec.: 28.31[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.52 ± 0.52 mas[1] |
Distance | 310 ± 20 ly (95 ± 5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.08[2] |
Orbit[7] | |
Period (P) | 33.04 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 0.219″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.898 |
Inclination (i) | 109.7° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 24.3° |
Periastron epoch (T) | B1964.62 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 214.5° |
Details | |
Mass | 2.15[8] M☉ |
Radius | 3.0[9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 104.00[2] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.85[8] cgs |
Temperature | 9,675±329[8] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 40[8] km/s |
Age | 210[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
23 Comae Berenices is a binary star[7] system in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, situated a few degrees away from the North Galactic Pole.[11] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.80.[2] The system is located around 310 light years away from the Sun, based on parallax.[1] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.[6]
The components of this system orbit each other with a period of 33 years, a large eccentricity of 0.9, and an angular semimajor axis of 0.219″.[7] The primary, designated component A, is a magnitude 4.96[3] star with a stellar classification of A0IV,[4] matching an A-type subgiant that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and is in the process of evolving into a giant. Bychkov et al. (2009) list it as an Am star with an average field strength of 26×10−4 T.[12]
The primary is 210[8] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 40 km/s.[8] It has 2.15[8] times the mass of the Sun and about three[9] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 104[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,675 K.[8]