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γ Monocerotis (gamma Monocerotis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:27 | Tran: 15:53 | Set: 21:19
Alt: -18.06°   Az: 283.00°   Direction: West-North-West

γ Monocerotis is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Monoceros.

γ Monocerotis visual magnitude is 3.98. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Monocerotis (gamma Monocerotis) star
DSS2 image of γ Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 05s
-06° 17’ 03”
07h 25m 01s
13h 41m 07s

J2000

06h 14m 51s
-06° 16’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

214.4°
-10.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Monocerotis (gamma Monocerotis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.98
Giant

-2.50
K1III
4086K

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

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

Star System Properties

γ Monocerotis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the γ Monocerotis double sysyem:

3.98
12.98
9
51.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Monocerotis is distant 644.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

197.63
644.27
-5 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Monocerotis
(gamma Monocerotis)
5 Monocerotis
SAO133012
SAO133012

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 96.3°
Max altitude: 32.2°
Azimuth: 263.7°