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ζ Monocerotis (zeta Monocerotis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 16:59 | Set: 22:42
Alt: 12.76°   Az: 248.14°   Direction: West-South-West

ζ Monocerotis is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

ζ Monocerotis visual magnitude is 4.34. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Monocerotis (zeta Monocerotis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Monocerotis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Monocerotis during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 09m 52s
-03° 03’ 34”
04h 20m 06s
12h 29m 58s

J2000

08h 08m 35s
-02° 59’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

224.72°
15.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Monocerotis (zeta Monocerotis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.34
Supergiant

-4.43
G2I
4816K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ 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 ζ Monocerotis double sysyem:

4.34
9.24
4.9
66 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Monocerotis is distant 1,852.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

568.18
1,852.27
30 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Monocerotis
(zeta Monocerotis)
29 Monocerotis
SAO135551
SAO135551

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.1°
Max altitude: 35.5°
Azimuth: 266.9°