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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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2 Monocerotis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:45 | Tran: 14:54 | Set: 20:03
Alt: -30.17°   Az: 65.05°   Direction: East-North-East

2 Monocerotis is a giant star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Monoceros.

2 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 2 Monocerotis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 2 Monocerotis star
DSS2 image of 2 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 00m 16s
-09° 33’ 29”
15h 30m 34s
21h 30m 51s

J2000

05h 59m 04s
-09° 33’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

215.67°
-15.93°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Giant

0.01
A6III
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Monocerotis is distant 328.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

100.70
328.30
22 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

2 Monocerotis
SAO132715
SAO132715

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.6°
Max altitude: 29.0°
Azimuth: 260.4°