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 COMA BERENICES (kō'-ma ber-e-nī'-sez)— BERENICE'S HAIR.

—A line drawn from Regulus to Zosma, in Leo, and prolonged an equal distance, strikes this fine cluster, which is 18 degrees northeast of Zosma.

The group lies well within a triangle formed by Denebola, Arcturus in Boötes, and Cor Caroli in ../Canes Venatici/, which triangle is the upper half of the Diamond of ../Virgo/.

Twenty or thirty stars in this group can be counted with binoculars, and the group can be easily distinguished with the naked eye, when the moon is not visible. 18