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17 Monocerotis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:58 | Tran: 3:41 | Set: 10:19
Alt: 11.97°   Az: 92.16°   Direction: East

17 Monocerotis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Monoceros.

17 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.77. Because of its moderate brightness, 17 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.

Image of 17 Monocerotis star
DSS2 image of 17 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 48m 40s
+08° 00’ 30”
18h 36m 44s
01h 25m 25s

J2000

06h 47m 19s
+08° 02’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

205.31°
2.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 17 Monocerotis star
Simplified finder chart for 17 Monocerotis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.77
Giant

-1.09
K4III
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Monocerotis is distant 484.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

148.59
484.40
47 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Monocerotis
SAO114410
SAO114410

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.0°
Max altitude: 46.5°
Azimuth: 278.0°