✨ Coma Berenices

Com · Berenice's hair · Northern sky

Coma Berenices is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning Berenice's hair; stars within it are named in the genitive form Comae Berenices.

Facts about Coma Berenices

Constellation	Coma Berenices
IAU abbreviation	Com
Genitive (Latin)	Comae Berenices
Meaning	Berenice's hair
Brightest star	β Comae Berenices (apparent magnitude 4.26)
Area	386 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	8

Deep-sky objects in Coma Berenices

M53 (Globular cluster, mag 7.6)
M64 — Black Eye Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 8.5)
M85 (Galaxy, mag 9.1)
M88 (Galaxy, mag 9.6)
M91 (Galaxy, mag 10.2)
M98 (Galaxy, mag 10.1)
M99 (Galaxy, mag 9.9)
M100 — Mirror Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 9.3)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.