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Its story
12 Monocerotis is an orange K-type star 562 light-years away, in Monoceros —a constellation as inconspicuous as it is rich in young clusters and nebulae, since it lies right in the winter Milky Way. Its warm light places it among the evolved giants, in contrast with the blue, youthful suns that dominate the region. The figure of the Unicorn was proposed by Plancius around 1613.
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 562.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 98.080° · Dec 4.856°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31159 · HD 46241
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