Markabとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Markab

1. (astronomy) A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation.

   Synonyms: α (alpha), Pegasi (primary designation), α Peg (abbreviated form), Alpha Pegasi (Latinized form), Mankib

   Holonym: Pegasus

   Alternative forms: Marchab, Markeb

   • 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy: Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass by the Fixed Stars and Planets. […], London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, page 67:

     [Markab (the south-westernmost star in the square) is one of the stars from which the moon's distance is calculated in the Nautical Almanac, for the purpose of finding the longitude by lunar observations.]

   • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 324:

     [Markab—Flamsteed's Marchab—is the Arabs' word for a Saddle, Ship, or Vehicle,—anything ridden upon,—that was early applied to this star; but they also designated it as Matn al Faras, the Horse's Withers or Shoulder, and Bayer cited Yed Alpheras, the Horse's Hand, or, more properly, Forearm,—the Arabian Yad.]

2. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Puppis; Kappa (κ) Puppis.

   Alternative form: Markeb

3. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Vela; Kappa (κ) Velorum.

   Alternative form: Markeb

参照

• “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 2018 June 1, List of IAU-approved Star Names.

Further reading

• Alpha Pegasi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Ambrak