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Star in Monoceros constellation
3 Monocerotis is a
binary star
[3] system in the
equatorial
constellation of
Monoceros , located approximately 780 light years away from the Sun based on parallax.
[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a combined
apparent visual magnitude of 4.92.
[2] The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric
radial velocity of +39 km/s.
[6]
The magnitude 4.98 primary, designated component A, has a
stellar classification of B5 III,
[4] matching an
evolved
blue giant star. It has 5.85
[9] times the
mass of the Sun and is radiating 1,105
[2] times the
Sun's luminosity from its
photosphere at an
effective temperature of 15,000 K.
[9] The companion, component B, is magnitude 7.96 with an
angular separation of 1.9
″ from the primary.
[14]
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a
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a
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S2CID
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S2CID
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S2CID
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