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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 00m 16s

Declination -09° 33’ 29”

Hour Angle 15h 30m 34s

Sidereal Time 21h 30m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 59m 04s

Declination -09° 33’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 215.67°

Galactic Latitude -15.93°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.03

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.01

Spectral Type A6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

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

Distance (parsec) 100.70

Distance (light year) 328.30

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 2 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD40536

SAO Catalogue SAO132715

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28325

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 1285

FK5 Catalogue 2455

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° RISE 9:45

Max altitude: 29.0° TRANSIT 14:54

Azimuth: 260.4° SET 20:03

Set Location

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