Menkar
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | المنخر |
|---|---|
| Translation | the nostrils |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 45.5698878 |
| Declination | 4.08973877 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Menkar (2.53m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cet |
Menkar is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 14135 (α Cet, HR 911) in constellation Cet.
Etymology and History
From the Arabic word al-minkhar, "the nostrils", used in the Arabic Almagest in describing λ Cet. Wrongly applied as a star name to α Cet (properly on the jaw) in a Medieval Latin star table.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/06/30.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.
