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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