Epsilon Corvi

This is a red giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III, having consumed the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. With about three times the Sun's mass, it has expanded to 57 times the Sun's radius. The photosphere irradiates 930 times more energy than the Sun and has an effective temperature of 4,239 K, giving it an orange hue that is characteristic of a K-type star. It spent much of its life as a main sequence star of spectral type B5V.

Etymology

Epsilon Corvi is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ε Corvi and abbreviated Epsilon Crv or ε Crv. This star has the traditional name Minkar, pronounced , from the Arabic منقار minqar meaning "beak [of the crow]"

In Chinese, 軫宿 (Zhěn Sù), meaning Chariot (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of ε Corvi, γ Corvi, δ Corvi and β Corvi. Consequently, ε Corvi itself is known as 軫宿二 (Zhěn Sù èr, English: the Second Star of Chariot.).