Star · Orange-red · Cetus

Menkar

92 Cet · HIP 14135

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 03:03 · south · 43°

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Where is Menkar?

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Look south, about 43° up at 03:03 in Cetus.

From London tonight, Menkar is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest after dark at 03:03, in the south at 43°.

At magnitude 2.5 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Menkar looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is M1.5IIIa: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Menkar is a star in Cetus, shining at magnitude 2.5. Its spectral type, M1.5IIIa, marks it as: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

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