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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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12 Monocerotis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 15:27 | Set: 21:50
Alt: -1.29°   Az: 80.58°   Direction: East

12 Monocerotis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

12 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, 12 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 12 Monocerotis star
DSS2 image of 12 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 33m 40s
+04° 50’ 07”
17h 27m 12s
00h 00m 53s

J2000

06h 32m 19s
+04° 51’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

206.43°
-2.02°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Hypergiant

-0.16
K0V
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Monocerotis is distant 517.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

158.73
517.46
21 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

12 Monocerotis
SAO114023
SAO114023

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.2°
Max altitude: 43.4°
Azimuth: 274.8°