7 Monocerotis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:00 | Tran: 15:19 | Set: 20:37

Alt: 29.96° Az: 167.65° Direction: South-South-East

7 Monocerotis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

7 Monocerotis visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, 7 Monocerotis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 7 Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Monocerotis during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 20m 56s

Declination -07° 50’ 08”

Hour Angle 23h 16m 53s

Sidereal Time 05h 37m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 19m 42s

Declination -07° 49’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 216.36°

Galactic Latitude -10.59°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.27

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.74

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.19

Temperature 13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Monocerotis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Monocerotis is distant 823.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 252.53

Distance (light year) 823.23

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Monocerotis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD44112

SAO Catalogue SAO133114

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP30073

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 1373

FK5 Catalogue 1170

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Monocerotis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.8° RISE 10:00

Max altitude: 30.7° TRANSIT 15:19

Azimuth: 262.2° SET 20:37

Set Location

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