Coma Berenices

American  

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

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

Comae Berenices

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

Hortalus, to whom it is addressed, had requested him to translate from Callimachus the poem De Coma Berenices.

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

Conti completed a translation of the Coma Berenices in versi sciolti, accompanied by an explanation of the subject, and learned notes, which was printed along with his works at Venice, in 1739.

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

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

The nebula in Coma Berenices is a spiral edge-on to us, and we see that it has precisely the lens-shaped middle and the general flattened shape that we have found in our own system.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur