Its story
12 Mon has a visual magnitude of about 5.60: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 12 Mon: right ascension 6h 32m 19s, declination +4° 51′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).
12 Mon. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31159, HD 46241, Gaia DR3 3131331226678059008. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 31159
- Right ascension
- 6h 32m 19s
- Declination
- +4° 51′ 22″
- Magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- ≈ 462 ly
Data: gaia-dr3