The Unicorn
Monoceros
Genitive: Monocerotis · abbreviation Mon
Best evening month
February
Visible from
90°S to 84°N
Centre RA
7h 39m 00s
Centre Dec
−6° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
A faint constellation inside the Winter Triangle, rich with nebulae such as the Rosette.
Petrus Plancius · 1612
Brightest stars
- mag 3.76
β Monocerotis
HIP 30867
- mag 3.94
α Monocerotis
HIP 37447
- mag 3.99
γ Monocerotis
HIP 29651
- mag 4.15
δ Monocerotis
HIP 34769
- mag 4.36
ζ Monocerotis
HIP 39863
- mag 4.39
ε Monocerotis
HIP 30419
- mag 4.47
13 Monocerotis
HIP 31216
- mag 4.48
18 Monocerotis
HIP 32578
- mag 4.66
15 Monocerotis
HIP 31978
- mag 4.69
28 Monocerotis
HIP 39211