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7 Monocerotis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:10 | Tran: 20:28 | Set: 1:51
Alt: -46.14°   Az: 352.52°   Direction: North

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.

Image of 7 Monocerotis star
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

06h 20m 55s
-07° 50’ 07”
11h 39m 07s
18h 00m 02s

J2000

06h 19m 42s
-07° 49’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

216.36°
-10.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 7 Monocerotis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Main-sequence

-1.74
B2V
13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Monocerotis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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.

252.53
823.23
29 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

7 Monocerotis
SAO133114
SAO133114

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°
Max altitude: 30.7°
Azimuth: 262.2°