Stars in the Monoceros Constellation
There are four main stars in the Monoceros constellation. The brightest star is the Alpha Monocerotis (5498) with a visual magnitude of 3.93 and is an orange giant. The second brightest star, which has a visual magnitude of 3.98 is Gamma Monocerotis (5499) and it is a orange giant. Beta Monocerotis (5505) is a triple star, with three components causing a fixed triangle and it can be seen with a small telescope, it is a white star. Elipson Monocerotis (5502) is a fixed double star composed of a bluish white primary and a yellow companion star, it is a super giant star. Another notable star is Plaskett's star (5576), a binary star mass about 100 times that of the sun. it is one of the most massive double stars known and which is blue coloured.
Distance of Monoceros stars from Earth -
Alpha Monocerotis - 144 light years away from the Solar System
Gamma Monocerotis - 645 light years away from the Solar System
Delta Monocerotis - 375 light years away from the Solar System
Zeta Monocerotis - 1,852 light years away from the Solar System
Epsilon Monocerotis - 128 light years away from the Solar System
13 Monocerotis - 1,509 light years away from the Solar System
Beta Monocerotis - 700 light years from the Solar System
15 Monocerotis - 1,000 light years away from the Solar System
There are four main stars in the Monoceros constellation. The brightest star is the Alpha Monocerotis (5498) with a visual magnitude of 3.93 and is an orange giant. The second brightest star, which has a visual magnitude of 3.98 is Gamma Monocerotis (5499) and it is a orange giant. Beta Monocerotis (5505) is a triple star, with three components causing a fixed triangle and it can be seen with a small telescope, it is a white star. Elipson Monocerotis (5502) is a fixed double star composed of a bluish white primary and a yellow companion star, it is a super giant star. Another notable star is Plaskett's star (5576), a binary star mass about 100 times that of the sun. it is one of the most massive double stars known and which is blue coloured.
Distance of Monoceros stars from Earth -
Alpha Monocerotis - 144 light years away from the Solar System
Gamma Monocerotis - 645 light years away from the Solar System
Delta Monocerotis - 375 light years away from the Solar System
Zeta Monocerotis - 1,852 light years away from the Solar System
Epsilon Monocerotis - 128 light years away from the Solar System
13 Monocerotis - 1,509 light years away from the Solar System
Beta Monocerotis - 700 light years from the Solar System
15 Monocerotis - 1,000 light years away from the Solar System