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 remaining stars of Monoceros will be found on map No. 3.
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
Above S Monocerotis, a group of young stars forms a simple triangular pattern.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
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
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
The star 11 Monocerotis is a fine triple star described by the elder Herschel as one of the finest sights in the heavens.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
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