17 Comae Berenices

17 Comae Berenices (17 Com) is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. The brighter component, 17 Com A, is a naked eye star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.2. It has a faint companion of magnitude 6.6, 17 Com B, positioned at an angular separation of 146.4″ along a position angle of 251°, as of 2018. They are located at a distance of approximately 240 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements.

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This image is li-1298 in my observation log.

Keywords: 17 Comae Berenices, Coma Berenices, multiple star system