(Zeta Geminorum) One of the sky`s few easily visible Cepheid variables. Lying in the constellation Gemini, Mekbuda changes from magnitude 3.7 to 4.1 and back every 10.2 days. Its Arabic name refers to a `lion's paw,” a larger Arabic figure that overlaid our modern constellations... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Mekbuda.html