14 Monocerotis

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:29 | Tran: 16:05 | Set: 22:41

Alt: -0.75° Az: 283.15° Direction: West-North-West

14 Monocerotis is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

14 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 14 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.

DSS2 image of 14 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 36m 08s

Declination +07° 33’ 02”

Hour Angle 06h 43m 17s

Sidereal Time 13h 19m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 34m 46s

Declination +07° 34’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.3°

Galactic Latitude -0.23°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.22

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

14 Monocerotis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 14 Monocerotis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.45

Secondary star magnitude 10.45

Magnitude difference 4

Separation 10.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Monocerotis is distant 361.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.99

Distance (light year) 361.82

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD46642

SAO Catalogue SAO114085

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31385

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 1357

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3031

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS5211

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.4° RISE 9:29

Max altitude: 46.1° TRANSIT 16:05

Azimuth: 277.6° SET 22:41

Set Location

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