27 Monocerotis

Altitude: 17.8° Azimuth: 120.9° Direction: East-South-East

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

27 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 Monocerotis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 27 Monocerotis:

Color of 27 Monocerotis ⬤

Magnitude of 27 Monocerotis 4.93

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

27 Monocerotis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 17.8°
Azimuth: 120.9°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 27 Monocerotis

27 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 27 Monocerotis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 59m 44s

Declination J2000 -03° 40’ 46”

Galactic Longitude 224.24°

Galactic Latitude 13.39°

Constellation Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 27 Monocerotis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 27 Monocerotis.

Visibility of 27 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 27 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: 93.7° RISE 10:05

Max altitude: 34.8° TRANSIT 15:44

Azimuth: 266.3° SET 21:24

RIGHT NOW 27 Monocerotis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 27 Monocerotis

The image below is a photograph of 27 Monocerotis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 27 Monocerotis is -0.054 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 27 Monocerotis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 249.62 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.054 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 27 Monocerotis

27 Monocerotis belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature of 27 Monocerotis 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

Alternative designations of 27 Monocerotis

Flamsteed designation 27 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65695

SAO Catalogue SAO135345

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39079

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 2157

FK5 Catalogue 304

In Evidence

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