Celestial Atlas
Columba <—     Coma Berenices: Berenice's Hair     —> Corona Australis
(possessive form Comae Berenices, abbreviation Com)
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Formed by Bayer, in his 1603 Uranometria, by removing from Ptolemy's version of Leo.

Map of Coma Berenices
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger


Stars in Coma Berenices

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α Com

β Com

γ Com


Objects of Interest

NGC 4501 (= M88), a tenth-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc I) in the Virgo Cluster (RA 12 31 59, Dec +14 25 15).

Celestial Atlas
Columba <—     Coma Berenices: Berenice's Hair     —> Corona Australis