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19 Monocerotis

Altitude: -27.5°   Azimuth: 58.7°   Direction: East-North-East

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

19 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 19 Monocerotis should be easily visible from locations with dark skies, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 19 Monocerotis is -0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 19 Monocerotis star
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);

Key facts about 19 Monocerotis

4.99
Main-sequence

19 Monocerotis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -27.5°
Azimuth: 58.7°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 19 Monocerotis

19 Monocerotis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 19 Monocerotis are provided in the following table:

07h 02m 54s
-04° 14’ 21”
218.01°
0.61°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 19 Monocerotis in the sky:

Finder chart 19 Monocerotis star
Simplified finder chart for 19 Monocerotis.

Visibility of 19 Monocerotis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 94.2°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 265.8°

Distance of 19 Monocerotis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

342.47 pc
1,116.44 ly
25 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 19 Monocerotis

19 Monocerotis belongs to spectral class B1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-2.68
B1V
13585K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 19 Monocerotis

19 Monocerotis
SAO134106
SAO134106