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

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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

An intelligent girl, fresh from boarding-school, if requested to describe the Coma Berenices might, or might not inform her questioner that it was a celestial Chignon.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 by Various

The Coma Earini of Statius510, is a poem of the same description as the Coma Berenices.

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

Coma Berenices 18 Position indicated by drawing a line through designated stars in Leo.

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler