Constellations
Monoceros (Mon)
The Unicorn
Also known as unicorn.
6 looks for Monoceros
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Monoceros
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Unicorn
- IAU abbreviation
- Mon
- Its stars are named
- Monocerotis (as in "Alpha Monocerotis")
- Family
- Orion family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in February
- Centre
- Right ascension 6h 54m, declination −0° 14′
- The figure
- 9 stars joined by 8 lines
- Brightest star
- β Mon, magnitude 3.92
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- β Monmag 3.92
- α Monmag 3.93
- γ Monmag 3.98
- δ Monmag 4.15
- ε Monmag 4.31
- ζ Monmag 4.34
- 18 Monmag 4.47
- 13 Monmag 4.50
- 15 Monmag 4.66
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation