Epsilon Corvi (ε Crv, ε Corvi) is a

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in the southern

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. It has the traditional name Minkar , from

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منقار ''minqar'' meaning "beak f the crow The

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is +3.0 and it is located at a distance of from

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. In

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, (), meaning ''

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(asterism)'', refers to an asterism consisting of ε Corvi,

γ Corvi Gamma Corvi (γ Corvi, abbreviated Gamma Crv, γ Crv) is a binary star and the brightest star in the southern constellation of Corvus, having an apparent visual magnitude of 2.59. The system's two components are designated Gamma Corvi A ( ...

, δ Corvi and β Corvi. Consequently, ε Corvi itself is known as (, en, the Second Star of Chariot.).香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表
, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010. Epsilon Corvi is a

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with a

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of K2 III, having consumed the hydrogen at its core and

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away from the

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. It has about three times the Sun's mass. The

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-measured

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of this star is about 4.99

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, which, at its estimated distance, equates to a physical radius of about 52 times the

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. The

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of the outer envelope is , giving it an orange hue that is characteristic of a K-type star. Around 4 times as massive as the Sun, it spent much of its life as a main sequence star of spectral type B5V.

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