17 Monocerotis

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:08 | Tran: 15:46 | Set: 22:25

Alt: -30.49° Az: 2.29° Direction: North

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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 48m 42s

Declination +08° 00’ 28”

Hour Angle 12h 07m 58s

Sidereal Time 18h 56m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 47m 19s

Declination +08° 02’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.31°

Galactic Latitude 2.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.09

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.4

Temperature 3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 148.59

Distance (light year) 484.40

Radial Speed 47 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 17 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49161

SAO Catalogue SAO114410

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32533

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 1496

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° RISE 9:08

Max altitude: 46.5° TRANSIT 15:46

Azimuth: 278.0° SET 22:25

Set Location

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