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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:38 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 20:17
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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.

Image of 6 Monocerotis star
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

06h 18m 46s
-10° 44’ 11”
00h 00m 29s
06h 19m 16s

J2000

06h 17m 35s
-10° 43’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

218.79°
-12.33°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.75
Hypergiant

-0.88
F0
7158K

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

HR 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.

335.57
1,093.96
27 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

6 Monocerotis
SAO151318
SAO151318

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°
Max altitude: 27.8°
Azimuth: 259.3°