Astronomy and Space

Epsilon Corvi

Epsilon Corvi is a star in the southern constellation of Corvus. It has the proper name Minkar, pronounced ; Epsilon Corvi is its Bayer designation. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.02. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 318 light-years (97 parsecs) from Sun. This is a red giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III, having consumed the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. With about three times the Sun's mass, it has expanded to 57 times the Sun's radius. The photosphere irradiates 930 times more energy than the Sun and has an effective temperature of 4,239 K, giving it an orange hue that is characteristic of a K-type star. It spent much of its life as a main sequence star of spectral type B5V.

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• ▸Beta Aquarii
• ▸Hokkoku Goshiki-zumi
• ▸Eta Arietis

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