13 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:51 | Tran: 13:26 | Set: 20:01

Alt: 37.56° Az: 224.92° Direction: South

13 Monocerotis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

13 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, 13 Monocerotis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 13 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Monocerotis during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 34m 16s

Declination +07° 18’ 44”

Hour Angle 02h 17m 25s

Sidereal Time 08h 51m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 32m 54s

Declination +07° 19’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.3°

Galactic Latitude -0.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.83

Spectral Type A0I

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Monocerotis is distant 1,509.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 462.96

Distance (light year) 1,509.26

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD46300

SAO Catalogue SAO114034

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31216

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 1337

FK5 Catalogue 1174

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.7° RISE 6:51

Max altitude: 45.8° TRANSIT 13:26

Azimuth: 277.3° SET 20:01

Set Location

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