MONOCEROS

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. The luminary, Beta Mon, lies up and to the left of Gamma Mon, the somewhat orange-colored star that is somewhat pointed to by the Belt. Alpha Mon is at the left-hand edge a bit above center. The constellation continues a bit to the east (left). The famed Rosette Nebula is the reddish circular patch toward the upper right. Plaskett's Star is the brighter of the two just above the Rosette, while the hot star S Mon is up and to the right of the Rosette, near the upper right hand corner.