ε-Mon (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , ε-Mon is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:48, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:05, 52° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 30° above your south-western horizon.

Name ε-Mon
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Mon
Epsilon Monocerotis
8-Mon
8 Monocerotis
HR 2299[1]
HD 44770
HIP 30422[5]
TYC 141-2451-1[4]
Gaia EDR3- 3131481481815806976[6]
Position
Right ascension:06h23m46s [6]
Declination:+04°35'45" [6]
Constellation:Monoceros
Magnitude:6.59 (V) [3]
7.10 (BT) [2]
6.64 (VT) [2]
6.58 (G) [6]
6.80 (BP) [6]
6.21 (RP) [6]
Distance:39.9 parsec
130.1 lightyrs [6]
B-V Color (mag):0.44
Proper motion (speed):18.9 mas/yr[6]
Proper motion (pos ang):272.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):3.59

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