Star profile
HIP 28949
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 28949
This blue light left Monoceros around the year 967, when Otto I was consolidating the Holy Roman Empire and Al-Andalus flourished under the caliphs of Córdoba. It is a B-type star, blazing and bluish-white, far hotter than the Sun. Monoceros —the unicorn— does not appear in the classical catalogues —it was drawn in the 17th century— and so still carries the air of an invented creature.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 28949 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 28949
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 1059.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 91.661° · Dec -4.194°
- Catalogue
- HIP 28949 · HD 41692
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Other stars in Monoceros
Monoceros has 71 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Monocerotis3.76
- Alpha Monocerotis3.94
- Gamma Monocerotis3.99
- HIP 338785.22
- 7 Monocerotis5.27
- HIP 299965.36
- HIP 311215.43
- HIP 331845.44