Star profile

27 Monocerotis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 27 Monocerotis

27 Monocerotis is an orange K-type giant nearly 275 light-years away, set within the Unicorn —a seventeenth-century constellation drawn against a winter Milky Way thick with stars. Its light, launched in the centuries when Europe's late Gothic cathedrals were rising, now crosses a region rich in open clusters and dark nebulae, close neighbour to the Orion family.

Where it is and when to see it

27 Monocerotis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 60° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 86° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 71 stars of Monoceros in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Monocerotis, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 27 Monocerotis

Constellation: Monoceros
Apparent magnitude: 4.93
Distance: 274.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 119.934° · Dec -3.680°
Catalogue: HIP 39079 · HD 65695

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Other stars in Monoceros

Monoceros has 71 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 71 stars in Monoceros