Arabic star names / Menkar
Menkar
المنخر
Menkar comes from the Arabic المنخر (al-Minkhar), which means “the nostril”. It is the 94th-brightest star in the sky, in Cetus.
- Brightness
- 2.54
- Colour
- red-orange
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Best seen
- December evenings
- Right ascension
- 3h 02m
- Declination
- +4° 05′
The name
The nostril of Cetus, the sea monster.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 86°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 69° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 43° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 52° above the horizon.
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