Constellation
The constellation Monoceros
Mon
Monoceros gathers 71 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Beta Monocerotis, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around January.
Monoceros in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 71
- Brightest star
- Beta Monocerotis
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- January
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- HIP 36399
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.76
Declination from -11° to 12°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
89 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Monoceros
The 71 stars of Monoceros catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Beta Monocerotis3.76
- Alpha Monocerotis3.94
- Gamma Monocerotis3.99
- Delta Monocerotis4.15
- Zeta Monocerotis4.36
- Epsilon Monocerotis4.39
- 13 Monocerotis4.47
- 18 Monocerotis4.48
- 15 Monocerotis4.66
- 28 Monocerotis4.69
- 17 Monocerotis4.77
- 20 Monocerotis4.91
- 3 Monocerotis4.92
- 27 Monocerotis4.93
- 19 Monocerotis4.99
- 2 Monocerotis5.04
- HIP 294175.06
- 10 Monocerotis5.06
- HIP 325585.08
- HIP 312785.09
- 25 Monocerotis5.14
- HIP 287445.19
- HIP 307175.19
- HIP 320645.21
- HIP 311195.22
- HIP 338785.22
- 7 Monocerotis5.27
- HIP 299965.36
- HIP 289495.37
- HIP 311215.43
- HIP 331845.44
- 21 Monocerotis5.44
- HIP 379015.49
- HIP 315835.52
- HIP 307205.55
- HIP 307285.55
- HIP 311675.60
- HIP 363885.60
- HIP 382535.60
- HIP 340865.63
- HIP 324745.66
- HIP 326175.75
- HIP 326985.75
- HIP 330245.75
- HIP 363965.75
- HIP 384745.76
- HIP 314465.78
- HIP 328515.78
- HIP 342155.78
- HIP 319925.79
- HIP 349755.80
- HIP 296295.83
- HIP 357495.83
- HIP 363995.86
- HIP 306665.87
- HIP 288545.88
- HIP 305455.88
- 12 Monocerotis5.88
- HIP 322265.88
- HIP 333725.90
- HIP 349825.90
- HIP 366405.90
- HIP 309865.92
- 16 Monocerotis5.92
- HIP 314485.93
- HIP 337295.95
- HIP 351275.95
- HIP 336035.96
- HIP 340025.96
- HIP 360555.98
- HIP 297115.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.