Heliocodex

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Monoceros

130 stars in Monoceros can be seen by eye from a dark place. 4 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

133 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. Beta MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 680 light years
  2. Alpha MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 150 light years
  3. Gamma MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 500 light years
  4. Delta MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  5. Zeta MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 1,100 light years
  6. Epsilon MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 120 light years
  7. 18 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 370 light years
  8. 15 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 920 light years
  9. 28 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 450 light years
  10. 17 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 490 light years
  11. 20 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 200 light years
  12. 3 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 780 light years
  13. 27 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 270 light years
  14. 19 MonocerotisSeen away from bright lights, 1,200 light years
  15. 2 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  16. HIP 29417Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  17. 10 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  18. HIP 32558Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  19. HIP 31278Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  20. 25 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  21. HIP 28744Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  22. HIP 30717Just seen from a dark place, 850 light years
  23. HIP 32064Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  24. HIP 33878Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  25. HIP 31119Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  26. 7 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 870 light years
  27. HIP 29996Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  28. HIP 28949Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  29. HIP 31121Just seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  30. HIP 33184Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  31. 21 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  32. HIP 37901Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  33. HIP 31583Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  34. HIP 30728Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  35. HIP 30720Just seen from a dark place, 690 light years
  36. HIP 31167Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  37. HIP 38253Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  38. HIP 36388Just seen from a dark place, 2,200 light years
  39. HIP 34086Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  40. HIP 32474Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  41. HIP 33024Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  42. HIP 36396Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  43. HIP 32698Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  44. HIP 32617Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  45. HIP 38474Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  46. HIP 31446Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  47. HIP 34215Just seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  48. HIP 32851Just seen from a dark place, 97 light years
  49. HIP 31992Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  50. HIP 34975Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  51. HIP 35749Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  52. HIP 29629Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  53. HIP 36399Just seen from a dark place, 89 light years
  54. HIP 30666Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  55. HIP 30545Just seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  56. 12 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  57. HIP 28854Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  58. HIP 32226Just seen from a dark place, 2,900 light years
  59. HIP 34982Just seen from a dark place, 1,900 light years
  60. HIP 36640Just seen from a dark place, 91 light years
  61. HIP 33372Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  62. 16 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  63. HIP 30986Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  64. HIP 31448Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  65. HIP 35127Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  66. HIP 33729Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  67. HIP 34002Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  68. HIP 33603Just seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  69. HIP 36055Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  70. HIP 29711Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  71. HIP 37394Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  72. HIP 34999Just seen from a dark place, 2,800 light years
  73. HIP 33243Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  74. HIP 31168Just seen from a dark place, 690 light years
  75. HIP 29705Just seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  76. HIP 34338Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  77. HIP 30407Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  78. HIP 31733Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  79. HIP 29323Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  80. 1 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  81. HIP 30804Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  82. HIP 38307Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  83. HIP 30660Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  84. HIP 29210Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  85. HIP 31672Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  86. HIP 30906Just seen from a dark place, 980 light years
  87. HIP 31066Just seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  88. HIP 32177Just seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  89. HIP 29401Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  90. HIP 33873Just seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  91. HIP 30028Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  92. HIP 31766Just seen from a dark place, 2,200 light years
  93. HIP 34536Just seen from a dark place, 2,100 light years
  94. HIP 35737Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  95. HIP 30448Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  96. HIP 36526Just seen from a dark place, 1,900 light years
  97. HIP 39675Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  98. HIP 33584Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  99. HIP 30541Just seen from a dark place, 2,700 light years
  100. HIP 37000Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  101. HIP 33297Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  102. HIP 35301Just seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  103. CitaláJust seen from a dark place, 94 light years
  104. HIP 32990Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  105. HIP 30217Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  106. HIP 33082Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  107. HIP 39898Just seen from a dark place, 950 light years
  108. HIP 32838Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  109. HIP 33420Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  110. HIP 30595Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  111. HIP 39326Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  112. HIP 33644Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  113. HIP 30675Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  114. HIP 32067Just seen from a dark place, 2,800 light years
  115. HIP 32931Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  116. HIP 33154Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  117. HIP 30602Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  118. HIP 31662Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  119. HIP 39625Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  120. HIP 30608Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  121. HIP 39172Just seen from a dark place, 2,300 light years
  122. HIP 30382Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  123. 24 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  124. HIP 30627Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  125. HIP 34066Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  126. 14 MonocerotisJust seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  127. HIP 39198Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  128. HIP 29140Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  129. HIP 30798Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  130. HIP 33754Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  131. LusitâniaNeeds a telescope, 110 light years
  132. Red RectangleNeeds a telescope, 1,400 light years
  133. Ross 614Needs a telescope, 13 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.