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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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1 Monocerotis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:17 | Tran: 20:27 | Set: 1:41
Alt: 16.63°   Az: 130.42°   Direction: South-East

1 Monocerotis is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

1 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, 1 Monocerotis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 1 Monocerotis star
DSS2 image of 1 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 00m 12s
-09° 22’ 55”
20h 49m 17s
02h 49m 29s

J2000

05h 59m 00s
-09° 22’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

215.5°
-15.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Monocerotis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Sub-giant

1.19
F2IV
7526K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Monocerotis is distant 315.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

96.90
315.89
12 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

1 Monocerotis
SAO132714
SAO132714

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.4°
Max altitude: 29.1°
Azimuth: 260.6°