27 Monocerotis

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:44 | Tran: 16:23 | Set: 22:02

Alt: -39.55° Az: 334.33° Direction: North-North-West

27 Monocerotis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

27 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 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 27 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 01m 00s

Declination -03° 45’ 02”

Hour Angle 10h 41m 45s

Sidereal Time 18h 42m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 59m 44s

Declination -03° 40’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 224.24°

Galactic Latitude 13.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature 4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Monocerotis is distant 249.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 76.57

Distance (light year) 249.62

Radial Speed -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.054 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65695

SAO Catalogue SAO135345

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39079

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 2157

FK5 Catalogue 304

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.8° RISE 10:44

Max altitude: 34.8° TRANSIT 16:23

Azimuth: 266.2° SET 22:02

Set Location

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