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Constellation Coma Berenices

BERENICE HAIR

COMA BERENICES

THE SACRIFICE:

Berenice's Hair

Named after Queen Berenice II of Egypt, who sacrificed her hair to Aphrodite for her husband's safe return. It is the only constellation named after a real historical person.

GALACTIC HUB
COMA WALL

Home to thousands of galaxies.

BRIGHTEST STAR
BETA COMAE

A Sun-like star (4.26 Mag).

Coma Sync

Galactic Pole Mapping. Analyzing the Melotte 111 stellar constant. The Oat monitors the North Galactic Vector to track this high-density extragalactic node.

  • πŸ‘Έ Identity: Berenice's Hair (The Queen's Vow).
  • 🌌 Coma Cluster: Massive Extragalactic Galaxy Array.
  • πŸ“ Nature: North Galactic Pole Calibration Node.
Oat COMA SYNC
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SYNC STATE
FILAMENT
EXTRAGALACTIC ACTIVE
NORTH POLE BUFFER SECURE

Cluster Sync

Open Cluster Mapping. Analyzing the Melotte 111 luminosity constant. The Oat monitors the 40-star brightness vector to track this proximal celestial node.

  • ✨ Melotte 111: The Berenice Filament Primary Array.
  • πŸ›°οΈ Proximity: Nearby Star-Group Vector (~280 LY).
  • πŸ‘οΈ Visibility: High-Contrast Naked Eye Node.
Oat FILAMENT SYNC
πŸ’«
VEC STATE
GOSSAMER
CLUSTER NODE ACTIVE
LUMINOSITY BUFFER SECURE

Black Eye Sync

Dust Band Absorbance Mapping. Analyzing the Messier 64 contrast constant. The Oat monitors the counter-rotating gas vectors to track this high-intensity galactic node.

  • πŸ‘οΈ Messier 64: The Spectral "Bruised" Galactic Array.
  • πŸ”„ Rotation: Dual-Disk Counter-Rotating Fluid Dynamics.
  • πŸŒ‘ Absorbance: High-Density Interstellar Dust Veil.
Oat GALACTIC SYNC
🧿
VEC STATE
ABSORBANT
M64 NODE ACTIVE
CONTRAST BUFFER SECURE

Zenith Sync

Extragalactic Window Mapping. Analyzing the 90Β° Galactic Latitude constant. The Oat monitors the zero-obscuration vector to track this deep-space portal node.

  • 🌌 Galactic Pole: The Geometric "Zenith" of the Milky Way.
  • πŸ”­ Clear-View: Minimum Interstellar Extinction Vector.
  • 🌍 Orientation: Looking 90Β° "Up" from the Galactic Plane.
Oat GATEWAY SYNC
πŸ†™
VEC STATE
ZENITH
EXTRAGALACTIC ACTIVE
OBSCURATION BUFFER: 0%

Legacy of the Queen's Hair πŸ“œ

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HISTORY | THE VOW

Queen Berenice II cut off her hair as an offering to Aphrodite for her husband's safe return from war. When the hair vanished from the temple, the court astronomer claimed the gods had placed it in the stars.

THE COMA CLUSTER

This constellation contains over 1,000 identified galaxies. It is one of the densest known gatherings of galaxies in the universe, located about 320 million light-years away.

BLACK EYE GALAXY

Home to M64, the "Black Eye Galaxy," which has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of its bright nucleus, giving it a shadowed, mysterious appearance.

"Did you know? Because this constellation looks toward the 'top' of our galaxy, we can see far into deep space without our own Milky Way's dust blocking the view!"

Paper

COMA BERENICES SCAN ✨

Objective: 10-Item Galactic Pole Calibration.

Sources

COMA STAR CLUSTER

Known as **Melotte 111**, this is a large, loose open cluster containing about 40 stars. It is one of the closest clusters to Earth (~280 LY).

CLUSTER DATA
Object: Melotte 111

BLACK EYE GALAXY

**Messier 64** features a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving it a "bruised" appearance.

GALAXY SPECS
Type: Spiral (M64)

COMA CLUSTER

A massive cluster containing over **1,000 identified galaxies**. It is one of the best-studied structures in the large-scale universe.

COSMIC DATA
Object: Abell 1656

The Votive Offering

Mythical Coma Berenices Illustration

Artistic rendering of Queen Berenice's hair, placed in the stars by the astronomer Conon of Samos.

Stellar Map

Coma Berenices Detailed Chart

Mapping the right-angle shape between BoΓΆtes, Leo, and Canes Venatici.

The Coma Cluster

Coma Berenices in the Night Sky

Visualizing the Melotte 111 open cluster, which creates the constellation's signature shimmer.

Coma Berenices Catalog

Ξ² Com (Beta Comae Berenices) β€” Mag: 4.26

Ξ± Com (Diadem) β€” Mag: 4.32

Ξ³ Com (Gamma Comae Berenices) β€” Mag: 4.35

FK Com β€” Mag: 8.14 (Variable)