Coma Berenices

American  

[koh-muh ber-uh-nahy-seez] / ˈkoʊ mə ˌbɛr əˈnaɪ siz /

noun

Astronomy.

Comae Berenices genitive

1. Berenice's Hair, a northern constellation situated north of Virgo and between Boötes and Leo.

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Coma Berenices British  

/ ˈkəʊmə ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪsiːz /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years

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Etymology

Origin of Coma Berenices

From Latin

Example Sentences

On May 9, 2005, Swift detected a flash of gamma rays lasting 0.13 seconds in duration, originating from the constellation Coma Berenices.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

It seems Ortalus had requested him to send him his translation from Callimachus, the "Coma Berenices," which for some time, through grief for the death of his brother, he had failed to do.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

Coma Berenices is a beautiful cluster of faint stars.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

It lies south of the Great Bear’s tail, north of Coma Berenices, east of Ursa Major, and west of Boötis.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

The Coma Berenices was also translated in terza rima by the Neapolitan Saverio Mattei, and by Pagnini in versi sdruccioli.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John