The star α-Mon
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , α-Mon is visible between 19:58 and 03:22. It will become accessible around 19:58, when it rises to an altitude of 17° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:38, 38° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 03:22 when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
α-Mon
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Object Type
Star
|
Position
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Magnitude: | 3.93 (V) [1] 5.23 (BT) [1] 4.04 (VT) [1] 3.59 (G) [2] 4.23 (BP) [2] 3.02 (RP) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.01 |
| Right ascension: | 07h41m14s [2] |
| Declination: | -09°33'04" [2] |
| Distance: | 43.0 parsec 140.0 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 81.2 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 255.4° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.77 |