Constellation
Monoceros
Monoceros (Mon) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is β Mon (magnitude 3.76).
| Latin name | Monoceros |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Mon |
| Brightest star | β Mon |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 201 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 32 |
| Deep-sky objects | 210 |
| Galaxies | 5 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° N. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- β Mon 3.76 · 690.9 light-years
- α Mon 3.94 · 145.7 light-years
- γ Mon 3.99 · 638.8 light-years
- δ Mon 4.15 · 414.1 light-years
- ζ Mon 4.36 · 1,005 light-years
- ε Mon 4.39 · 135.5 light-years
- 18 Mon 4.48 · 394.2 light-years
- 15 Mon 4.66 · 918.8 light-years
- 28 Mon 4.69 · 415.3 light-years
- 17 Mon 4.77 · 511.4 light-years
- 20 Mon 4.91 · 194.0 light-years
- 3 Mon 4.92 · 935.4 light-years
- 27 Mon 4.93 · 314.7 light-years
- 19 Mon 4.99 · 1,246 light-years
- 2 Mon 5.04 · 288.6 light-years
- HIP 29417 5.06 · 1,061 light-years
- 10 Mon 5.06 · 798.6 light-years
- HIP 32558 5.08 · 2,960 light-years
- HIP 31278 5.09 · 572.4 light-years
- 25 Mon 5.14 · 206.5 light-years
- HIP 28744 5.19 · 1,630 light-years
- HIP 30717 5.19 · 839.4 light-years
- HIP 32064 5.21 · 342.9 light-years
- HIP 31119 5.22 · 211.8 light-years
- HIP 33878 5.22 · 886.7 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
- Citalá 1 planet(s)
- HIP 39017 1 planet(s)
- HD 60779 2 planet(s)
- HD 44219 1 planet(s)
- HD 64114 1 planet(s)
- HD 62549 1 planet(s)
- HD 46375 1 planet(s)
- Lusitânia 1 planet(s)
- HD 66428 2 planet(s)
- HIP 35173 1 planet(s)
- TOI-883 1 planet(s)
- TOI-628 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2587 A 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-7 3 planet(s)
- TOI-4724 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2364 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2886 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2842 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-1 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-32 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-4 1 planet(s)
- TOI-6434 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-5 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-19 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-20 2 planet(s)
- CoRoT-18 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-13 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-24 2 planet(s)
- CoRoT-31 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-12 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-14 1 planet(s)
- CoRoT-21 1 planet(s)
Deep-sky objects
- PSR B0559-05 (J0601-0527) Pulsar
- PSR B0621-04 (J0624-0424) Pulsar
- PSR J0622+0339_P Pulsar
- PSR J0641+0448 Pulsar
- PSR J0633+0632 Pulsar
- FSR 1172 Star cluster
- FSR 1220 Star cluster
- FSR 1167 Star cluster
- NGC 2506 Star cluster
- Collinder 466 Star cluster
- Melotte 72 Star cluster
- FSR 1178 Star cluster
- FSR 1116 Star cluster
- NGC 2343 Star cluster
- BDSB 91 Star cluster
- Collinder 465 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 4 Star cluster
- NGC 2351 Star cluster
- NGC 2368 Star cluster
- FSR 1171 Star cluster
- FSR 1136 Star cluster
- NGC 2353 Star cluster
- FSR 1151 Star cluster
- NGC 2335 Star cluster
- Czernik 30 Star cluster
- FSR 1183 Star cluster
- vdBergh 80 Star cluster
- NGC 2225 Star cluster
- FSR 1211 Star cluster
- FSR 1115 Star cluster
- FSR 1173 Star cluster
- FSR 1180 Star cluster
- FSR 1120 Star cluster
- Alessi 21 Star cluster
- FSR 1169 Star cluster
- FSR 1164 Star cluster
- FSR 1221 Star cluster
- FSR 1163 Star cluster
- FSR 1110 Star cluster
- FSR 1117 Star cluster
- FSR 1170 Star cluster
- Ivanov 4 Star cluster
- FSR 1159 Star cluster
- NGC 2349 Star cluster
- Dias 3 Star cluster
- NGC 2323 Star cluster
- BDSB 93 Star cluster
- FSR 1203 Star cluster
- FSR 1105 Star cluster
- FSR 1126 Star cluster
- NGC 2215 Star cluster
- NGC 2309 Star cluster
- FSR 1160 Star cluster
- NGC 2302 Star cluster
- FSR 1107 Star cluster
- FSR 1082 Star cluster
- FSR 1158 Star cluster
- FSR 1144 Star cluster
- FSR 1150 Star cluster
- FSR 1149 Star cluster
- FSR 1094 Star cluster
- Berkeley 73 Star cluster
- ASCC 30 Star cluster
- NGC 2183 Star cluster
- Haffner 3 Star cluster
- FSR 1078 Star cluster
- IRAS 06046-0603 Star cluster
- Wit 1 Star cluster
- NGC 2338 Star cluster
- FSR 1153 Star cluster
- ASCC 38 Star cluster
- FSR 1125 Star cluster
- FSR 1106 Star cluster
- FSR 1176 Star cluster
- FSR 1157 Star cluster
- NGC 2250 Star cluster
- Bochum 3 Star cluster
- FSR 1129 Star cluster
- BDSB 90 Star cluster
- NGC 2232 Star cluster
- NGC 2219 Star cluster
- Berkeley 39 Star cluster
- Sh2 287C Star cluster
- NGC 2311 Star cluster
- BDSB 88 Star cluster
- ASCC 27 Star cluster
- Czernik 26 Star cluster
- Ivanov 9 Star cluster
- IRAS 06567-0355 Star cluster
- FSR 1099 Star cluster
- IRAS 06562-0337 Star cluster
- Berkeley 77 Star cluster
- NGC 2286 Star cluster
- Wit 2 Star cluster
- FSR 1142 Star cluster
- FSR 1139 Star cluster
- FSR 1092 Star cluster
- FSR 1152 Star cluster
- ASCC 29 Star cluster
- FSR 1111 Star cluster
- FSR 1113 Star cluster
- Alessi 60 Star cluster
- FSR 1145 Star cluster
- Berkeley 37 Star cluster
- King 23 Star cluster
- FSR 1077 Star cluster
- Berkeley 24 Star cluster
- FSR 1118 Star cluster
- FSR 1065 Star cluster
- Patchick 90 Star cluster
- FSR 1063 Star cluster
- Berkeley 34 Star cluster
- FSR 1085 Star cluster
- ASCC 28 Star cluster
- FSR 1100 Star cluster
- Dolidze 49 Star cluster
- FSR 1072 Star cluster
- Dolidze 23 Star cluster
- SAI 72 Star cluster
- Dolidze 25 Star cluster
- Bochum 2 Star cluster
- NGC 2301 Star cluster
- FSR 1080 Star cluster
- NGC 2324 Star cluster
- NGC 2262 Star cluster
- vdBergh 85 Star cluster
- Teutsch 13 Star cluster
- FSR 1053 Star cluster
- Alessi 15 Star cluster
- Dolidze 24 Star cluster
- Collinder 115 Star cluster
- FSR 1057 Star cluster
- Collinder 110 Star cluster
- Alessi 16 Star cluster
- Alessi 59 Star cluster
- Collinder 91 Star cluster
- Collinder 96 Star cluster
- Berkeley 28 Star cluster
- FSR 1033 Star cluster
- NGC 2319 Star cluster
- vdBergh 1 Star cluster
- Berkeley 30 Star cluster
- FSR 1031 Star cluster
- NGC 2270 Star cluster
- ASCC 31 Star cluster
- FSR 1051 Star cluster
- FSR 1032 Star cluster
- RMC-4b Star cluster
- Dolidze 22 Star cluster
- NGC 2269 Star cluster
- Collinder 107 Star cluster
- Collinder 104 Star cluster
- NGC 2244 Star cluster
- Collinder 92 Star cluster
- NGC 2252 Star cluster
- Berkeley 26 Star cluster
- Berkeley 27 Star cluster
- Collinder 97 Star cluster
- Collinder 106 Star cluster
- Czernik 27 Star cluster
- Berkeley 32 Star cluster
- FSR 1025 Star cluster
- FSR 1029 Star cluster
- Juchert 18 Star cluster
- NGC 2236 Star cluster
- Collinder 111 Star cluster
- ASCC 26 Star cluster
- FSR 1039 Star cluster
- NGC 2254 Star cluster
- Basel 8 Star cluster
- Berkeley 31 Star cluster
- Basel 7 Star cluster
- NGC 2251 Star cluster
- FSR 0998 Star cluster
- Alessi 53 Star cluster
- FSR 0999 Star cluster
- Trumpler 5 Star cluster
- Mon OB1-D Star cluster
- NGC 2264 Star cluster
- Collinder 95 Star cluster
- NGC 2312 Star cluster
- IC 446 Star cluster
- NGC 2259 Star cluster
- FSR 0979 Star cluster
- FSR 0977 Star cluster
- We 1- 6 Planetary nebula
- M 1-16 Planetary nebula
- M 3- 3 Planetary nebula
- A 18 Planetary nebula
- K 1-13 Planetary nebula
- NGC 2346 Planetary nebula
- M 1- 6 Planetary nebula
- M 1- 9 Planetary nebula
- M 1- 8 Planetary nebula
- K 2- 2 Planetary nebula
- K 4-48 Planetary nebula
- SNR G213.0-0.6 Supernova
- PKS 0646+06 (SNR G206.9+2.3) Supernova
- Monoceros Loop (SNR G205.5+0.5) Supernova
- Sh2-273 Nebula
- Sh2-275 Nebula
- Sh2-280 Nebula
- Sh2-282 Nebula
- Sh2-284 Nebula
- Sh2-285 Nebula
- Sh2-287 Nebula
- Sh2-288 Nebula
- Sh2-291 Nebula
- Sh2-292 Nebula
- Sh2-294 Nebula
Galaxies
- UGCA 127sat 27.7 million light-years
- UGCA 127 27.7 million light-years
- WHI B0619-07 27.4 million light-years
- HIZSS003 5.45 million light-years
- HIPASS J0630+08 11.6 million light-years
Its other stars
- 7 Mon
- HIP 29996
- HIP 28949
- HIP 31121
- HIP 33184
- 21 Mon
- HIP 37901
- HIP 31583
- HIP 30720
- HIP 30728
- HIP 31167
- HIP 36388
- HIP 38253
- HIP 34086
- HIP 32474
- HIP 32617
- HIP 32698
- HIP 33024
- HIP 36396
- HIP 38474
- HIP 31446
- HIP 32851
- HIP 34215
- HIP 31992
- HIP 34975
- HIP 29629
- HIP 35749
- GJ 3443
- HIP 30666
- HIP 28854
- HIP 30545
- 12 Mon
- HIP 32226
- HIP 33372
- HIP 34982
- GJ 3449A
- HIP 30986
- 16 Mon
- HIP 31448
- HIP 33729
- HIP 35127
- HIP 33603
- HIP 34002
- HIP 36055
- HIP 29711
- HIP 37394
- HIP 34999
- HIP 33243
- HIP 31168
- HIP 29705
- HIP 34338
- HIP 30407
- HIP 31733
- 1 Mon
- HIP 29323
- HIP 29210
- HIP 30660
- HIP 30804
- HIP 38307
- HIP 30906
- HIP 31066
- HIP 31672
- HIP 29401
- HIP 32177
- HIP 33873
- HIP 30028
- HIP 31766
- HIP 34536
- HIP 35737
- HIP 30448
- HIP 36526
- HIP 33584
- HIP 39675
- HIP 30541
- HIP 37000
- HIP 33297
- Citalá
- HIP 35301
- HIP 30217
- HIP 32990
- HIP 33082
- HIP 32838
- HIP 33420
- HIP 39898
- HIP 30595
- HIP 33644
- HIP 39326
- HIP 30675
- HIP 32067
- HIP 32931
- HIP 30602
- HIP 31662
- HIP 33154
- HIP 30608
- HIP 39625
- HIP 30382
- HIP 39172
- HIP 30627
- 24 Mon
- 14 Mon
- HIP 34066
- HIP 39198
- HIP 29140
- HIP 30798
- HIP 33754
- HIP 30700
- Gl 250A
- 6 Mon
- HIP 39017
- GJ 3376A
- HD 60779
- Gl 282A
- Gl 292.2
- HD 44219
- HD 64114
- HD 62549
- HD 46375
- Gl 293.1B
- Gl 293.1A
- Lusitânia
- HD 66428
- GJ 1094
- GJ 3450B
- Red Rectangle
- Gl 282B
- HIP 35173
- Gl 266
- TOI-883
- Gl 250B
- TOI-628
- Gl 263
- Ross 614
- GJ 1097
- TOI-2587 A
- CoRoT-7
- TOI-4724
- GJ 3404A
- TOI-2364
- TOI-2886
- TOI-2842
- Gl 231.3
- GJ 3405B
- GJ 3419
- CoRoT-1
- CoRoT-32
- CoRoT-4
- TOI-6434
- CoRoT-5
- CoRoT-19
- GJ 3398
- Gl 234B
- CoRoT-20
- CoRoT-18
- CoRoT-13
- Gl 261
- CoRoT-24
- CoRoT-31
- CoRoT-12
- GJ 3410
- CoRoT-14
- CoRoT-21
- GJ 3377C
- SDSS J062621.22+002934.2
- DENIS-P J0716478-063037
- WISE J064336.71-022315.4
- 2MASS J07410404-0359495
- 2MASS J07414279-0506464
- WISEPA J061135.13-041024.0
- UGPS J072227.51-054031.2
- PSO J117.0600-01.6779
- PSO J089.1751-09.4513
- WISE J064528.38-030248.2
- UGPS J065227.71+032431.0
- WISEPA J062309.94-045624.6
- WISEA J064223.48+042343.1
- WISEA J080622.22-082046.5