Coma Berenices

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Coma Berenices is a small northern constellation notable for its rich star fields and prominent galaxy clusters, located between Leo and Boötes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Coma Berenices canonical 23
Comae Berenices 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
northern constellation ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees approximately 386 ⓘ
belongsTo modern 88 constellations ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth May ⓘ
borderedBy Boötes ⓘ
linked to: Bootes

Canes Venatici ⓘ
Leo ⓘ
Leo Minor ⓘ
Ursa Major ⓘ
Virgo ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude approximately 4.3 ⓘ
containsAsterism Coma Star Cluster ⓘ
containsGalaxyCluster Abell 1656 ⓘ
Coma Cluster ⓘ
containsGlobularCluster M53 ⓘ
NGC 4147 ⓘ
containsMessierObject M100 ⓘ
M53 ⓘ
M64 ⓘ
M85 ⓘ
linked to: Messier 85

M88 ⓘ
M91 ⓘ
M98 ⓘ
M99 ⓘ
containsNotableGalaxy M64 ⓘ
NGC 4147 ⓘ
NGC 4274 ⓘ
NGC 4414 ⓘ
NGC 4494 ⓘ
NGC 4559 ⓘ
NGC 4565 ⓘ
NGC 4725 ⓘ
NGC 4874 ⓘ
NGC 4889 ⓘ
containsOpenCluster Melotte 111 ⓘ
containsStar Alpha Comae Berenices ⓘ
Beta Comae Berenices ⓘ
Gamma Comae Berenices ⓘ
declination approximately +20 degrees ⓘ
genitiveForm Comae Berenices ⓘ
linked to: Coma Berenices
hasAbbreviation Com ⓘ
hasBrightestStar Beta Comae Berenices ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isRichIn galaxies ⓘ
star fields ⓘ
liesBetween Boötes ⓘ
linked to: Bootes

Leo ⓘ
locatedIn northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation hair of Berenice II ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Berenice II of Egypt ⓘ
rankByArea 42nd largest constellation ⓘ
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
rightAscension approximately 13 hours ⓘ
visibleBetweenLatitudes +90 to −70 degrees ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursa Major family → hasMember → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Ursa Major → borders → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4725 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Bayer family → hasPart → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Virgo → bordersConstellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
subject linked to: Virgo constellation
M88 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
M88 → locatedIn → Coma Berenices ⓘ
M91 → hasConstellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
M98 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
M99 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
M100 → locatedInConstellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4548 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4382 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4501 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4571 → locatedInConstellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4689 → constellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ
NGC 4689 → locatedIn → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Boötes → borderedBy → Coma Berenices ⓘ
subject linked to: Bootes
Canes Venatici → borderedBy → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Canes Venatici → locatedNear → Coma Berenices ⓘ
Coma Berenices → genitiveForm → Comae Berenices ⓘ
linked to: Coma Berenices
Coma Cluster → locatedInConstellation → Coma Berenices ⓘ