28 Monocerotis

Altitude: 2.7° Azimuth: 95.6° Direction: East

28 Monocerotis is a variable giant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

28 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.68. Because of its moderate brightness, 28 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 28 Monocerotis:

Color of 28 Monocerotis ⬤

Magnitude of 28 Monocerotis 4.68

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 2.7°
Azimuth: 95.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 28 Monocerotis

28 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 28 Monocerotis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 01m 13s

Declination J2000 -01° 23’ 33”

Galactic Longitude 222.35°

Galactic Latitude 14.81°

Constellation Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 28 Monocerotis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 28 Monocerotis.

Visibility of 28 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 28 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: 91.4° RISE 21:19

Max altitude: 37.1° TRANSIT 3:14

Azimuth: 268.6° SET 9:05

Digitized Sky Survey image of 28 Monocerotis

The image below is a photograph of 28 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 28 Monocerotis is 0.068 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.073 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 28 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 28 Monocerotis from the Sun and relative movement

28 Monocerotis is distant 472.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 144.93 pc

Distance (light year) 472.46 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.068 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.073 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 28 Monocerotis

28 Monocerotis belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.13

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.49

Temperature of 28 Monocerotis 3809K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 28 Monocerotis

Flamsteed designation 28 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65953

SAO Catalogue SAO135380

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39211

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 1882

FK5 Catalogue 2620

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V645 Mon

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