α-Mon (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , α-Mon will become visible at around 21:07 (EDT), 20° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 17 minutes after the Sun at 23:10.
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Name
α-Mon
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h41m14s [4] |
| Declination: | -09°33'04" [4] |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Magnitude: | 3.93 (V) [2] 5.23 (BT) [2] 4.04 (VT) [2] 3.66 (G) [4] 4.22 (BP) [4] 2.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 44.7 parsec 145.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 77.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 255.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.68 |
Sources