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 South El Monte , ε-Mon is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:59 (PDT) – 3 hours and 16 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Name ε-Mon
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Mon
Epsilon Monocerotis
8-Mon
8 Monocerotis
HR 2298[1]
HD 44769
HIP 30419[3]
TYC 141-2452-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:06h23m46s [2]
Declination:+04°35'34" [2]
Constellation:Monoceros
Magnitude:4.40 (V) [2]
4.63 (BT) [2]
4.42 (VT) [2]
Distance:37.5 parsec
122.2 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.18
Proper motion (speed):24.6 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):296.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.53

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