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  Menkalinan - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Menkalinan (Bayer designation β Aurigae) is a binary star, the second brightest star in the constellation Auriga.
Menkalinan's apparent magnitude varies over a period of 3.96004 days between +1.85 and +1.93, as every 47.5 hours one of the stars partially eclipses the other from Earth's perspective.
Menkalinan belongs to the spectral classification A2 and is 85 light years distant.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Menkalinan   (116 words)

  
 menkalinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Mintaka in Orion's Belt the celestial equator, Menkalinan locates the "solstitial colure," the great circle in the sky that passes through both celestial poles and the summer and winter solstices.
Menkalinan is a mere half-minute of arc (an angle less than the eye can see) off the colure.
Menkalinan is a class A star with a temperature of 9200 Kelvin, not very much different from Vega or
www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/menkalinan.html   (368 words)

  
 Menkalinan
The Menkalinan spectrum is characteristic of a white A2IV subgiant star.
According to Burnham the A and B components are almost identical in size and spectrum and revolve with a period of 3.96 days.
The C component is separated from A and B by 13 sec of arc which corresponds to a projected distance of 330 AU or more than 8 times the radius of the solar system out to Pluto.
domeofthesky.com /clicks/menkalinan.html   (207 words)

  
 Menkalinan.
Menkalinan is of a Venusian nature, Robson asserts that it causes ruin, disgrace and frequently, violent death.
Menkalinan is basically of a Jupiter character, with a weak influence of Mars and Venus character.
If Jupiter is found in the same degree as Menkalinan, the native has a promise of fortunes honors, riches, popularity and exceptional friendships.
www.winshop.com.au /annew/Menkalinan.html   (519 words)

  
 CANOPUS 02/98 - Invitation to Rare Event   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Menkalinan (Beta Aurigae) is a magnitude 1.9 eclipsing binary.
Because Catriona's orbit and Menkalinan's position are not known with great precision, we cannot predict the exact path of the shadow.
All that an observer needs to do is to locate Menkalinan near the northern horizon and watch it carefully with the naked eye or (preferably) binoculars from SAST 2020 to 2038 (8.20 pm to 8.38 pm).
www.aqua.co.za /assa_jhb/Canopus/c982rare.htm   (1103 words)

  
 Menkalinan
The star Menkalinan (Scientific Name Beta Aurigae) is located at right ascension 5h 59.528m and declination 44° 56.850'.
Menkalinan is a relatively bright star with a magnitude of 1.9.
It has an Hd number of 40183, an FK5 number of 227, and a SAO number of 40750.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /stars/menkalinan.htm   (55 words)

  
 eSky: Menkalinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After Capella, Menkalinan is the second brightest of Auriga's stars.
A pair of dancing stars: at the core of the Menkalinan system are twin white stars circling a common centre of gravity.
The event shown here happens once every 47½ hours: from the Earth, one star appears to partially eclipse the other, causing a slight loss in magnitude.
www.glyphweb.com /esky/stars/menkalinan.html   (72 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This reminds me, I neglected to name the star for the software during the previous 38 scans.
Scan 39 begins Beta Auriga, also known as Menkalinan.
Also worth mentioning is that I am getting brightness max values exceeding, but averaging, 1500 while the righthand side star image is placed over the upper righthand mark on the monitor.
www.lowell.edu /Research/NGLTbak/obslogs/030119   (1713 words)

  
 Astronomy Boy: Constellation Portraits: Auriga
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The bright stars Capella (magnitude 0.08), Menkalinan (1.89) and Elnath (1.65).
Elnath is located in Taurus, but it is part of the conspicuous pentagon comprising the Auriga asterism.
www.astronomyboy.com /constellations/aur.html   (56 words)

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