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ε Monocerotis (epsilon Monocerotis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:35 | Tran: 20:56 | Set: 3:21
Alt: 28.73°   Az: 237.14°   Direction: West-South-West

ε Monocerotis is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

ε Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.44. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Monocerotis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ε Monocerotis (epsilon Monocerotis) star
DSS2 image of ε Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 25m 06s
+04° 34’ 40”
03h 10m 33s
09h 35m 39s

J2000

06h 23m 46s
+04° 35’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

205.68°
-4.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Monocerotis (epsilon Monocerotis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.44
Sub-giant

1.46
A5IV
8321K

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

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

Star System Properties

ε Monocerotis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ε Monocerotis double sysyem:

4.44
6.64
2.2
12.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Monocerotis is distant 128.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

39.39
128.40
15 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Monocerotis
(epsilon Monocerotis)
8 Monocerotis
SAO113810
SAO113810

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 85.4°
Max altitude: 43.1°
Azimuth: 274.6°