Menkar, 92 Ceti, HR 911, BD+03°419, HD 18884, SAO 110920, FK5 107, HIP 14135
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Alpha Ceti (α Ceti, abbreviated Alpha Cet, α Cet), officially named Menkar/ˈmɛŋkɑːr/,[9][10] is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Cetus. It is a cool luminous red giant estimated to be about 250 light years away based on parallax.
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1093/mnras/stv483. ISSN 0035-8711. Alpha Caeli's database entry at VizieR. Tamazian, V. S.; Malkov, O. Yu. (2014-12-01). "Catalog of Binary UV Ceti Type Flare Stars"....
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