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Coma Berenices in British English
(ˈkəʊmə ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪsiːz)
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Comae Berenices (ˈkəʊmiː)
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 origin
from Latin, literally: Berenice's hair, named after Berenice (died 221 bc), consort of Ptolemy IIIComa Berenices in American English
(ˈkoʊmə ˌbɛrəˈnaɪˌsiz)
a N constellation between Virgo and Canes Venatici containing the north galactic pole; Berenice's Hair
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L, Berenice's HairImage ofComa Berenices
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