Alpha Monocerotis
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alpha-monocerotis-205-17715151
title:
Alpha Monocerotis
text:
Alpha Monocerotis, Latinised from α Monocerotis, is the Bayer designation for the brightest star in the equatorial constellation of Monoceros. It can be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 3.94. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 22.4 mas as seen from Earth, it is located 146 light-years away from the Sun. The star is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +10.5 km/s. The stellar classification of G9.5 III-IIIb Fe-0.5 indicates this is an evolved gia
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Star in the constellation Monoceros
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Monocerotis
date created:
2005-06-24T18:41:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:59:09Z
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