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

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Coma Berenices

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

Speaking generally, the course of the Milky Way is a great circle completely girdling the sky and having its north pole in the constellation Coma Berenices.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by George C. Comstock

The twilight began to deepen and from far above came the twinkling signals of, first, Böotes, then Coma Berenices, followed, awhile later, by Ursa Major and her little brother, Ursa Minor.

From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley

The modern reader will not find much to interest him in the Coma Berenices, abounding as it does in mythological allusions.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

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 J. Ellard Gore