Monoceros - Wikipedia
网页Monoceros (Greek: Μονόκερως, "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century cartographer Petrus Plancius. It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south, and Hydra to the east.
Monoceros Constellation (the Unicorn): Stars, Location, Story, …
网页The nebula has an apparent magnitude of 9.02 and is approximately 2,300 light years distant from Earth. It is a compact bipolar nebula and it envelops the binary star completely, obscuring its light. When the cool star at the centre evolves into a hot white dwarf in the next few thousand years, HD 44179 will become a planetary nebula.
Monoceros (The Unicorn) Constellation - TheSkyLive
网页Facts, objects lists and sky charts of Monoceros constellation, also known as the Unicorn.
Stellar Nursery in the Rosette Nebula - NASA
网页2010年5月4日 · This image from the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory shows the cloud associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust.
The Monoceros Constellation (The Mythical Unicorn of Stars)
网页Monoceros, the constellation known as the mythical unicorn of the stars, captivates us both as a celestial feature and a story of myth. Nestled on the celestial equator, it is intriguing yet often overlooked in favor of its more prominent neighbors, Orion and …
Catch a glimpse of Monoceros the Unicorn in the Milky Way
网页2024年1月31日 · Find Monoceros the Unicorn within a triangle of stars made by Betelgeuse, Procyon and Sirius. You can find a Unicorn in the night sky.
The unique Red Rectangle: sharper than ever before | ESA/Hubble
网页2010年6月7日 · The Red Rectangle is found about 2 300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). The High Resolution Channel of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this view of HD 44179 and the surrounding Red Rectangle nebula — the sharpest view so far.
Monoceros | Dwarf Galaxy, Constellation & Star Cluster
网页This constellation contains R Monocerotis, a young star immersed in a nebula. In 1612 Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius introduced this constellation on a celestial globe he made and represented it as a unicorn .
Hubble Frames a Unique Red Rectangle - NASA Science
网页2023年10月4日 · The Red Rectangle is found about 2,300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). The High Resolution Channel of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this view of HD 44179 and the surrounding Red Rectangle nebula — the sharpest view so far.
Monoceros Constellation - Key Facts, Star Map, & Mythology
网页2016年2月7日 · Monoceros (“The Unicorn”) is a faint northern sky constellation that lies on the celestial equator, and can be seen by observers located between +75° and -90° of latitude. It is the 35th largest constellation, but is faint and difficult to recognise, with its brightest star, Alpha Monocerotis, having a visual magnitude of just 3.94.