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| IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) |
| Monoceros |
| The Unicorn |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Abbreviation | Mon |
| Genitive | Monocerotis |
| Pronunciation | /məˈnɒsɪrəs/
genitive /məˌnɒsɪˈroʊtɪs/ |
| muh-NAH-ser-us |
| Location | Celestial Equator |
| Primary Star | β Monocerotis |
| Right Ascention 6h 28m Declination -7° 02' |
| Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.186 h (11.2 min) |
| Monoceros, a modern constellation, was created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in the seventeenth century. It represents the mythical unicorn, a single-horned animal, which appears several times in the Bible. This star group was introduced in 1612 on a star globe created by Plancius. He also invented the constellation Camelopardalis. |
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