Monoceros - noirlab. edu Monoceros is derived from the Greek word for unicorn It is a faint constellation on the celestial equator Its definition is attributed to the seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius Monoceros contains only a few 4th-magnitude stars, making it difficult to see with the naked eye
Chandra :: Photo Album :: Constellation Monoceros The story behind the name: Monoceros is a modern constellation formulated around 1624 by Jakob Bartsch, a German scientist It is composed of a number of faint stars in an area between the well-known ancient constellations Canis Major and Minor, Orion, Gemini and Hydra
MONOCEROS - stars. astro. illinois. edu The modern constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn, lies east of Orion (his belt visible at lower right) and above Sirius (the bright star at bottom left) None of the stars have proper names
Monoceros, The Unicorn - Brown University The constellation Monoceros, Greek for unicorn, first appeared on a map created by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius around the year 1612 The German astronomer Jacob Bartsch later included it on a star chart under the name “Unicornu” in 1624
Monoceros, the Unicorn - seaver-faculty. pepperdine. edu The Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy runs directly through Monoceros and we are looking directly away from the center, through the plane, of the Galaxy Monoceros is home to a variety of remarkable nebulae (one of which is visible even with binoculars in a dark sky location) and multiple stars
The Monoceros R2 Cloud - National Radio Astronomy Observatory The Monoceros R2 cloud is a molecular cloud that has some on-going star formation It is called Monoceros R2 because it lies in the constellation of Monoceros, just adjacent to Orion, and it is associated with the second set of reflection nebulae found in that constellation
Monoceros - Texas Tech University Situated just to the east of Orion is the large, though inconspicuous constellation of Monoceros Although it contains no bright stars, it does contain a large segment of the Milky Way
Monoceros - Michigan State University Monoceros the Unicorn A modern constellation created in 1624 and credited to the German astronomer Jakob Bartsch He used faint stars found between Canis Major and Canis Minor, and east of Orion Although the concept of the unicorn is ancient, no particular stories apply to this constellation Previous Entry Microscopium Next Entry Musca
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Monoceros - stars. astro. illinois. edu Appropriately, the constellation honors a beast that does not exist, Monoceros, the elusive Unicorn, which lies just to the east of brilliant Orion Much of it is set within the Winter Triangle of Betelgeuse, Procyon, and Sirius
The Monoceros Constellation (The Mythical Unicorn of Stars) 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 Canis Major
Monoceros R2 Molecular Cloud - NOIRLab It shows a portion of the giant Monceros R2 molecular cloud It is a location of massive star formation, particularly in the location of the bright red nebula just below the center of the image The image was generated with observations in the Sulphur [SII] (blue) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters