Monoceros

The Unicorn
(Mon)

      
Monceros image mapOrionGeminiCancerCanis MinorHydraPuppisCanis MajorLepus


Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______
 
         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name
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Alpha    7h 41m 14.8s - 9° 33' 4" 3.93   K0III     0.024" 
Gamma    6h 14m 51.3s - 6° 16' 29" 3.98   K1.5IIIB  0.013"
Delta    7h 11m 51.9s - 0° 29' 34" 4.15   A2V       0.016" 
Zeta     8h  8m 35.6s - 2° 59' 2" 4.34   G2Ib      0.003" 
Epsilon  6h 23m 46.1s  4° 35' 34" 4.44   A5IV      0.025"
18       6h 47m 51.6s  2° 24' 44" 4.47   K0+IIIa   0.017" 
13       6h 32m 54.2s  7° 19' 59" 4.50   A0Ib      0.007" 
Beta     6h 28m 49.0s - 7° 1' 58" 4.60   B3Ve      0.021"
15       6h 40m 58.7s  9° 53' 44" 4.66v  O7V               (S Mon)
28       8h  1m 13.3s - 1° 23' 33" 4.68v  K4III     0.009"  (V645 Mon)
 



Deep sky object:

 

M 50

                 ___epoch 2000.0___     m 
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NGC2232          6h 26.7m  - 4° 44'    4.0   open cluster    
NGC2244          6h 32.3m    4° 52'    5.0   diffuse nebula  
NGC2261          6h 39.2m    8° 44'    --    diffuse nebula  
NGC2264          6h 41.2m    9° 54'    4.0   diffuse nebula  
NGC2323  M50    7h  2.9m  - 8° 20'    7.0   open cluster    
 
 





Neighbours: Puppis -
Hydra -Canis Minor -Gemini - Orion - Lepus - Canis Major

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