Coma Berenices is an ancient asterism in the northern sky, which has been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is in the direction of the...
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Look up Coma Berenices in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coma Berenices is a traditional asterism that has since been defined as one of the 88 modern...
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Alpha Comae Berenices (α Comae Berenices, abbreviated Alpha Com, α Com) is a binary star in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair), 17.8...
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constellation Coma Berenices Coma Star Cluster, in Coma Berenices Coma Supercluster, in Coma Berenices An abbreviation for the constellation Coma Berenices Coma (fungi)...
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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Coma Berenices, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The...
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The Coma Star Cluster (also known as Melotte 111 or Collinder 256) is a nearby open cluster located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster contains...
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major clusters comprising the Coma Supercluster. It is located in and takes its name from the constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster's mean distance...
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blob located near the border of the constellations Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices, with the projected comoving distance of approximately 18.2 billion...
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name: Ori for Orion/Orionis, Ara for Ara/Arae, and Com for Coma Berenices/Comae Berenices. In some cases, the abbreviation contains letters from the genitive...
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Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she...
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Coma Berenices or Com is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Coma Berenices constellation and discovered in 2006 in data obtained by the Sloan Digital...
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as a votive offering, which led to the constellation Coma Berenices being named after her. Berenice was murdered by the regent Sosibius shortly after the...
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It is located in the constellation Coma Berenices. Being one of the first superclusters to be discovered, the Coma Supercluster helped astronomers understand...
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constellations. Canes Venatici is bordered by Ursa Major to the north and west, Coma Berenices to the south, and Boötes to the east. The three-letter abbreviation...
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Messier 91 (category Coma Berenices)
4548 or M91) is a barred spiral galaxy that is found in the south of Coma Berenices. It is in the local supercluster and is part of the Virgo Cluster of...
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Messier 98 (category Coma Berenices)
spiral galaxy about 44.4 million light-years away in slightly northerly Coma Berenices, about 6° to the east of the bright star Denebola (Beta Leonis). It...
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HD 110067 (category Coma Berenices)
planetary system, is located 105 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. HD 110067 is part of a wide triple star system, along with the spectroscopic...
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at right ascension 12h 49m, declination +27.4°, in the constellation Coma Berenices, with a probable error of ±0.1°. Longitude 0° is the great semicircle...
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Black Eye Galaxy (category Coma Berenices)
17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently...
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6 Boötis. However, it has also been associated with three stars in Coma Berenices. Boötes is also known to Native American cultures. In Yup'ik language...
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III Euergetes. He named the constellation Coma Berenices ("Berenice's Hair") after Ptolemy's wife Berenice II. She sacrificed her hair in exchange for...
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discoverer's name is not fortuitous. The conspicuous star cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation is commonly designated Mel 111 since it appeared in Melotte's...
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Messier 100 (category Coma Berenices)
intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the mildly northern Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster...
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Messier 85 (category Coma Berenices)
a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors, in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 60 million light-years away, and has a diameter...
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Messier 99 (redirect from Coma Pinwheel Galaxy)
Wheel, is a grand design spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Coma Berenices approximately 15,000,000 parsecs (49,000,000 light-years) from the Milky...
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Messier 88 (category Coma Berenices)
about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M88 is one of the fifteen...
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spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title...
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The modern constellation Coma Berenices lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng), and Three...
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Messier 53 (category Coma Berenices)
Messier 53 (also known as M53 or NGC 5024) is a globular cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1775. M53 is...
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The Supreme Palace Enclosure covers the Greek constellations Virgo, Coma Berenices and Leo, and parts of Canes Venatici, Ursa Major and Leo Minor. The...
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