6 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:48 | Tran: 16:51 | Set: 21:54

Alt: 27.78° Az: 180.14° Direction: South

6 Monocerotis is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

6 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 6.75. Because of its faintness, 6 Monocerotis is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of 6 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Monocerotis during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 18m 46s

Declination -10° 44’ 11”

Hour Angle 00h 00m 29s

Sidereal Time 06h 19m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 17m 35s

Declination -10° 43’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 218.79°

Galactic Latitude -12.33°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.75

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.88

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.35

Temperature 7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Monocerotis is distant 1,093.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 335.57

Distance (light year) 1,093.96

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43760

SAO Catalogue SAO151318

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29885

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 1455

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.7° RISE 11:48

Max altitude: 27.8° TRANSIT 16:51

Azimuth: 259.3° SET 21:54

Set Location

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