19 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:17 | Tran: 15:54 | Set: 21:30

Alt: 27.69° Az: 217.38° Direction: South-West

19 Monocerotis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Monoceros.

19 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 19 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 19 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Monocerotis during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 04m 10s

Declination -04° 16’ 40”

Hour Angle 02h 10m 29s

Sidereal Time 09h 14m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 02m 54s

Declination -04° 14’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 218.01°

Galactic Latitude 0.61°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.99

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -2.68

Spectral Type B1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.2

Temperature 13585K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Monocerotis is distant 1,116.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 342.47

Distance (light year) 1,116.44

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD52918

SAO Catalogue SAO134106

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33971

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 1788

FK5 Catalogue 2547

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V637 Mon

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.3° RISE 10:17

Max altitude: 34.2° TRANSIT 15:54

Azimuth: 265.7° SET 21:30

Set Location

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