13 Monocerotis (13 Mon) is a class A0 Ib (white supergiant) star in the constellation Monoceros (constellation), Monoceros. Its apparent magnitude is 4.5 and it is approximately away. 13 Mon lies within the Monoceros OB1 stellar association, halfway between the Rosette Nebula and NGC 2264, at a distance of about 780 parsecs. It is surrounded by a small reflection nebula listed as Sidney van den Bergh, Van den Bergh 81 (Van den Bergh catalogue, VdB 81). 13 Monocerotis has been used as a standard star for the A0 Ib spectral class. Extended photometry (astronomy), photometry of 13 Monocerotis from 1997 to 2000 shows irregular variation of up to 0.04 magnitudes and also a slight trend to become fainter over the period. All the bright A0 - A5 supergiants analysed using Hipparcos, Hipparcos satellite data were found to be variable, but 13 Mon was the least variable.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:13 Monocerotis Monoceros (constellation) A-type supergiants Durchmusterung objects, BD+07 1337 Flamsteed objects, Monocerotis, 13 Hipparcos objects, 031216 Bright Star Catalogue objects, 2385 Henry Draper Catalogue objects, 046300 Reflection nebulae Suspected variables