Markab

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim 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.

   “[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.]”

2. özel isim A star in the constellation Puppis; Kappa (κ) Puppis.
3. özel isim A star in the constellation Vela; Kappa (κ) Velorum.