coma berenices

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A small dim summer constellation of the northern sky, said to represent an offering of hair from Queen Berenice II of Egypt. Originally considered to represent the tuft of hair on the end of Leo's tail

a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies

Расстановка переносов

co·ma berenices

Этимология

() Named in antiquity after the hair of Queen Berenice II of Egypt. From Latin coma (“hair of the head”) + Berenīcē Ancient Greek Κώμη Βερενίκης (Komē Berenikēs) κώμη (kome) "hair" + Doric Greek Βερενίκη (Berenike) "bringer of victory"