Its story
16 Mon has a visual magnitude of about 5.88: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 16 Mon: right ascension 6h 46m 32s, declination +8° 35′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).
16 Mon. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32463, HD 48977, Gaia DR3 3134187105054983808. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 32463
- Right ascension
- 6h 46m 32s
- Declination
- +8° 35′ 14″
- Magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- ≈ 980 ly
Data: gaia-dr3