24 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:11 | Tran: 14:08 | Set: 20:05

Alt: 34.55° Az: 209.30° Direction: South-West

24 Monocerotis is a double giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

24 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 16m 37s

Declination -00° 12’ 27”

Hour Angle 01h 35m 04s

Sidereal Time 08h 51m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 15m 19s

Declination -00° 09’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 215.81°

Galactic Latitude 5.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.41

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.35

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

24 Monocerotis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Monocerotis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.41

Secondary star magnitude 12.21

Magnitude difference 5.8

Separation 3.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Monocerotis is distant 530.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 162.60

Distance (light year) 530.08

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56003

SAO Catalogue SAO134414

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35080

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 1871

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS5933

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.2° RISE 8:11

Max altitude: 38.3° TRANSIT 14:08

Azimuth: 269.8° SET 20:05

Set Location

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