Learn the Sky | How to Find Monoceros the Unicorn Constellation @learnthesky | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 45 minutes ago.
Monoceros the Unicorn is classified as a modern constellation since it was named in 1612 by Dutch Uranographer Petrus Plancius. It is a very faint constellation and dark skies are needed to see it. It has a host of celestial objects within its boundaries, including the Rosette Nebula, Messier 50, and the Christmas Tree Nebula. Learn how to find this constellation using the Winter Triangle Asterism.

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0:00 - Intro
0:43 - History of Monoceros
3:18 - Pattern of Monoceros
7:27 - Celestial Objects of Monoceros (Rosette Nebula, NGC 2244, NGC 2264, Christmas Tree Nebula, Cone Nebula, Snowflake Nebula, and Fox Fur Nebula)
13:50 - Review of Monoceros
15:58 - Photo Attributes

Thank you to David Cocklin for allowing me to use his photos for this video. Check his work out on Twitter: twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin

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Photo Attributes:
▶Akira Fujii - The Constellations: By Akira Fujii - The Constellations davidmalin.com/fujii/general/af_const1.html
▶IAU Constellation Pattern: By By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1], CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15407818
Monoceros depiction; Johannes Hevelius: By Johannes Hevelius (28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) - atlascoelestis.com/hev%2044.htm, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16725623
▶Petrus Plancius: By Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=468673
▶Frederick de Houtman: By Anonymous - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-2727, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34248629
▶Messier 50: By Starhopper - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65527208
▶Celestial Objects in Monoceros: By Roberto Mura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5124631
▶NGC 2232: By Roberto Mura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27770074
▶Monoceros Molecular Cloud: By By Roberto Mura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8660954
▶Seagull Nebula Map: By Roberto Mura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8778284
▶Snowflake Cluster: By NASA - NASA/JPL-Caltech/P.S. Teixeira (Center for Astrophysics): nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_476.html, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4207810
▶Cone Nebula close up view: By File: Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) Star-Forming Pillar of Gas and Dust.jpg by NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESADerivative work by Elisardojm - File: Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) Star-Forming Pillar of Gas and Dust.jpg, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30469122
▶Seagull Nebula: By ESO/VPHAS+ team/N.J. Wright (Keele University) - eso.org/public/images/eso1913a/, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81157851
▶Harmonia Macrocosmia: By Andreas Cellarius (circa 1596, Neuhausen – 1665, Hoorn) - http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/cellarius/cellarius_plates.htm, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6840086

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