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Malmok
Malmok: the pale star of Virgo
pale · Virgo · V732 Vir
Malmok is a pale star in the constellation Virgo, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 11.89 it is a binocular or telescope object.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Malmok is not. Some IAU-recognised names are ancient; others were adopted by the IAU only recently. Either way, the star already has a scientific identity, and a dedication attaches a human story to it.
Real star · Personal dedication · Recorded in the AsterNym registry
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Malmok at a glance
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Other name
- V732 Vir
- Catalogue number
- V732 Vir · WASP-39
- Distance
- ≈ 702 light-years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 11.89 telescope
- Colour
- pale
- Best seen from
- Almost everywhere on Earth
- Right ascension
- 14h 29m 18s
- Declination
- −03° 26′ 40″
J2000 catalogue coordinates that can be independently cross-checked against astronomical databases. A planetarium app showing coordinates of date will differ slightly, because proper motion and precession move a star’s apparent position over time.
What kind of star is Malmok?
Malmok is catalogued as a pale star and its spectral type is not cleanly classified in the data behind this page, so what follows stays with what has been measured rather than what could be inferred from it.
The light you are looking at is old
Malmok is about 702 light years away, so the light reaching you now set out around 1324. You are not looking at the star as it is. You are looking at the star as it was, and there is no way to see it any other way.
That delay is the part people find hardest and like most. A star is the one thing you can give someone that was already old before either of you was born and will outlast anything else you could have chosen.
It sits at the edge of what an unaided eye can do, so finding it is a deliberate act rather than an accident.
What could a Malmok dedication represent?
Malmok is especially meaningful for someone who:
- · Deserves something older than any gift shop
- · Marks a beginning, an anniversary or a promise
- · Is remembered every time you look up
- · Has a light you want recorded somewhere permanent
Dedication idea
“For the one I think of when I find Virgo in the sky.”
Where can you see Malmok?
It sits 3° south of the celestial equator, so it clears the horizon everywhere short of latitude 87°N, in practice, every inhabited latitude on Earth. It passes directly overhead at latitude 3°S. It stands highest at midnight in April, so April and May evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 11.89 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
Malmok belongs to Virgo.
What does Malmok mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Malmok, and we don’t invent lore where none exists. What astrology can still read is the star’s real position, below.
Projected onto the zodiac the way fixed-star astrology reads any star, Malmok stands at 6° Scorpio at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 25 October in the years around 2000. Fixed-star longitude shifts slowly against the tropical zodiac because of precession, about one degree every seventy-two years, so a natal conjunction must be calculated for the birth year rather than read off this J2000 value or a calendar date.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. The position and dates are computed.
Dedicate Malmok to someone who matters
A flower fades. A card is eventually put away. A star gives your message a place in the sky.
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Dedicate Malmok →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Malmok dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Malmok's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Malmok keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Malmok
- What does Malmok mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Malmok. Projected onto the zodiac, Malmok stands at 6° Scorpio, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 25 October.
- Is Malmok the brightest star?
- Malmok shines at magnitude 11.89 · a binocular-and-telescope star, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Malmok?
- Malmok is approximately 702 light-years from Earth. The light reaching us tonight began its journey around 702 years ago.
- Which constellation contains Malmok?
- Malmok is part of Virgo.
- Can everyone see Malmok?
- It sits 3° south of the celestial equator, so it clears the horizon everywhere short of latitude 87°N, in practice, every inhabited latitude on Earth. It passes directly overhead at latitude 3°S. It stands highest at midnight in April, so April and May evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 11.89 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
- Is dedicating Malmok an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Malmok keeps its internationally recognised astronomical name. An AsterNym dedication records your personal name and message in the AsterNym registry without changing the star's scientific identity.
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