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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	None
HD	46375
Constellation	Monoceros
Right Ascension	6h 33m 13s
Declination	+5° 27' 47"
Distance	96 light years 30 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.8 Absolute: +5.1
Spectral Class	K1IV orange subgiant
Planets in this system	HD 46375 A b, gas giant
Optimum Visibility	January
Notes	The primary star of this system is an orange subgiant reaching the end of its time on the main sequence, and evolving towards a red giant. It has a binary companion star, a small orange dwarf in an orbit some 400 AU from the primary star, and also at least one gas giant planet in orbit around it.

A faint orange star in Monoceros, more than a hundred light years from Earth. It lies very near the Rosette Nebula, in a region of the Milky Way peppered with star clusters, and is known to have a planetary companion somewhat less massive than Saturn.

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