Menkar

Cetus · α Cet · HR 911

HIP14135
Visual magnitude2.54
Right ascension (J2000)45.5699°
Declination (J2000)4.08974°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/06/30

Name origin

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.

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