21 Comae Berenices

21 Comae Berenices is a variable star in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It has the variable star designation UU Comae Berenices, while 21 Comae Berenices is the Flamsteed designation.

21 Comae Berenices

A visual band light curve for UU Comae Berenices from MOST data. Adapted from Paunzen et al. (2019)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 31m 00.561s
Declination +24° 34 01.80
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.47 or 5.41 – 5.46
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A3p SrCr
B−V color index 0.056±0.008
Variable type α2 CVn + δ Sct
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+1.0±1.8 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −12.474 mas/yr
Dec.: −9.085 mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.0785 ± 0.1214 mas
Distance270 ± 3 ly
(82.8 ± 0.8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.66
Details
Mass2.29±0.10 M
Radius2.6±0.2 R
Luminosity38.2±1.3 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.9±0.2 cgs
Temperature8,900±200 K
Rotation2.05219 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)63±2 km/s
Age400–800 Myr
Other designations
Kissīn, 21 Com, UU Com, BD+25°2517, HD 108945, HIP 61071, HR 4766, SAO 82346
Database references
SIMBADdata
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