16 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:36 | Tran: 16:17 | Set: 22:58

Alt: 46.99° Az: 175.08° Direction: South

16 Monocerotis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

16 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Monocerotis during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 47m 55s

Declination +08° 33’ 29”

Hour Angle 23h 46m 25s

Sidereal Time 06h 34m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 46m 32s

Declination +08° 35’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.73°

Galactic Latitude 2.82°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.74

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Monocerotis is distant 1,116.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 342.47

Distance (light year) 1,116.44

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD48977

SAO Catalogue SAO114388

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32463

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 1486

FK5 Catalogue 1177

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.4° RISE 9:36

Max altitude: 47.1° TRANSIT 16:17

Azimuth: 278.6° SET 22:58

Set Location

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