Al Fargh Althani (Al Muakhkhar)

 

 

Al Fargh Althani (Al Muakhkhar)

The Moon Mansions (The Arabic Sun Calendar)

By Mohammed Alsiwaidi

 

Al Fargh Al Awal (Al Muqaddam) and Al Fargh Althani (Al Muakhkhar) are four stars that the Arabs believed they took a shape of square, in which the first two belonged to the Al Muqaddam under the names “ Al Markab” and “Al Said” in Pegasus Constellation. The other two that belonged to the latter are “Al Genib” and “ Alpheratz” in Andromeda’s constellation.

In this Mansion Al Sarayat season which was given its name because clouds creep in during the night while people are asleep and it is famous for it’s heavy rain falls during the month of April.

Moon Mansions: First Mansions of the “Naw Al Tharaeen” and the fourth spring period and the 13th of the yamani Manzil (House).

It’s ascendant is on the 16th of April and lasts for 13 days.

Modern Science showed that Al Genib is the brightest star in its constellation (Pegasus), with an apparent magnitude of 2.8 and it falls under the spectral group B, in addition to an ultimate altitude of -3.4 aka 1900 times the sun's brightness. It is 333 light years away.

On the other hand, Alpheratz would be considered the brightest star in Andromeda's Constellation, with an apparent magnitude of 2.07, absolute magnitude -0.19 and falls under the spectral group B. It's ultimate altitude is -0.7 aka 153 times brighter than the sun and 79 light years away.