Fixed Star Name : MINKAR

"Nostril" of the Crow
Location Name : epsilon Corvus
Apparent Magnitude : 3.2 Spectral Class : K3
Right Ascension : 12h 10m Latitude : -19.40'
Declination (1900) : -22.04' Declination (2000) : -22.36'
 
Longitudinal Position (in 1900) : 10 Libra 17
Longitudinal Position (in 2000) : 11 Libra 40
Its Planetary Nature : Mars - Saturn
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About this star:

Minkar "Nostril" of the Crow, Corvus. With delta (Algorab) it was the Hindu 11th nakshatra, Hasta, the Hand, with Savitar, the Sun, as its presiding divinity. (Allen).

Influence of the constellation:

According to Ptolemy, Corvus is like Mars and Saturn. It is said to give craftiness, greediness, ingenuity, patience, revengefulness, passion, selfishness, lying, aggressiveness and material instincts, and sometimes causes its natives to become agitators. (Robson).



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