Ceti alpha

Alpha Ceti (α This/α Ceti) is a star in the Constellation of the Baleine. It is also called by its traditional name, Menkab or Menrak . Its name is derived from the Arab word manxar , meaning “nostril” (whale).

Menrak is an old dying star, which already for a long time exceeded the stages of combustion of Hydrogène then of Oxygène. Menkar is currently a Géante red. It will become finally unstable before to have lost its layers of external Gaz to form a Nébuleuse planet gear, leaving a white Naine relatively large.

Designations

Common nouns: Menkar; Menkab; Mekab; Monkar; Al Minhar
Designation of Bayer: α This
Designation of Flamsteed: 92 CEti

Harvard Revised Photometry: HR 911
Henry Catalog To drape: HD 18884
Catalog SAO: SAO 110920
Bonner Durchmusterung : Data base +03°419
Fifth Fundamental Catalogs: FK5 107
Catalog Hipparcos: HIP 14135

See too

Constellation of the Whale
Evolution of the stars

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