Menkalinan (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Menkalinan is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:26 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 22° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:20.
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Name
Menkalinan
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h59m31s [3] |
| Declination: | +44°56'50" [3] |
| Constellation: | Auriga |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.90 (V) [3] 1.99 (BT) [2] 1.90 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 24.9 parsec 81.1 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.4 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 269.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.08 |
Sources