Menkib (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Menkib is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 21° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:36, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:29, 24° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Menkib
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h58m57s [4] |
| Declination: | +35°47'27" [4] |
| Constellation: | Perseus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.03 (V) [2] 4.00 (BT) [2] 4.03 (VT) [2] 3.97 (G) [4] 3.97 (BP) [4] 3.89 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 408.9 parsec 1333.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 2.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 16.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -4.03 |
Sources