18 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:37 | Tran: 6:51 | Set: 13:01

Alt: 21.37° Az: 245.18° Direction: West-South-West

18 Monocerotis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

18 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.47. Because of its moderate brightness, 18 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 18 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 49m 09s

Declination +02° 22’ 59”

Hour Angle 03h 51m 06s

Sideral Time 10h 40m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 47m 51s

Declination +02° 24’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.38°

Galactic Latitude 0.3°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 18 Monocerotis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.47

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.82

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

18 Monocerotis is distant 373.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 114.42

Distance (light year) 373.00

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 18 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49293

SAO Catalogue SAO114428

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32578

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 1397

FK5 Catalogue 258

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 18 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.6° RISE 0:37

Max altitude: 40.9° TRANSIT 6:51

Azimuth: 272.4° SET 13:01

Set Location

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