Monoceros
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Monoceros
C14: via Old French from Latin: unicorn, from Greek monokeros with a single horn, from mono- + keras horn
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It lies within the faint but imaginative constellation Monoceros, which represents a unicorn in star maps.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
Not to worry, however: This black hole is 1,600 light-years away, in the constellation Ophiuchus; the next nearest known black hole is about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
The alpha Monocerotids have been dubbed unicorn meteors because they radiate from the constellation Monoceros, the Greek word for unicorn, according to EarthSky.
From Fox News ● Nov. 21, 2019
The alpha Monocerotids — named after the constellation Monoceros or the Unicorn — most recently produced an outburst in 1995.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2019
The stars forming the western end of Monoceros are depicted on map No. 1.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman
The Christmas Tree Star Cluster Near the center of NGC 2264 is S Monocerotis, a bright variable star whose brightness changes over time.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
Above S Monocerotis, a group of young stars forms a simple triangular pattern.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
In an April 22 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that a cloud of dust around the star V838 Monocerotis is seen to visibly expand.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2015
Visible only through powerful tele scopes, the star R Monocerotis glows faintly in the constellation of Unicorn.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is No. 22 of Sir William Herschel’s 6th class, and will be found about 3 degrees south and a little east of the triple star 29 Monocerotis.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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