English Dictionary

Markab

固有名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

ペガサス座に属するサブジャイアント星で、北方の空に見える青白い2等星。 / ペガサス座の大四角形の構成星の一つであり、航海観測で利用される月の星のひとつ。

Markab glimmered above the horizon, its bluish light within the Great Square of Pegasus guiding the old mariner through a moonless night.

北のペガスス座にある青白い2等級の準巨星は地平線上にきらめき、大四辺形の一角に位置するその光は月のない夜に航海士の道しるべとなった。

意味（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.

[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.]

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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