β-Mon (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Mon will become visible at around 20:26 (EDT), 35° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 00:10.
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Name
β-Mon
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h28m49s [6] |
| Declination: | −07°01'59" [6] |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.64 (V) [3] 3.60 (BT) [2] 3.74 (VT) [2] 4.54 (G) [6] 4.50 (BP) [6] 4.56 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 211.8 parsec 690.5 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.12 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.2 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 245.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.99 |
Sources