Coma Berenices

[ koh-muh ber-uh-nahy-seez ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive Co·mae Ber·e·ni·ces [koh, -mee ber-, uh, -, nahy, -seez].

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

Coma Berenices

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices¹

From Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices¹

from Latin, literally: Berenice's hair, named after Berenice (died 221 bc ), consort of Ptolemy III

Example Sentences

You’ll need a telescope to find it in the constellation Coma Berenices, Chester said.

From Washington Post

“We just couldn't resist looking at Coma,” says Roberto Abraham, an astronomer at the University of Toronto, referring to a rich galaxy cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices.

From Scientific American

However, several thousand LSBs have been cataloged; ranging from tiny dwarf spirals to supergiant galaxies like Malin 1, which lies more than a billion light years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

From Forbes

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

From Project Gutenberg

In the 'Coma Berenices,' and the poem addressed to Allius, he again writes under the influence of his Alexandrian masters.

From Project Gutenberg