Scheat

English

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?].

Proper noun

Scheat

  1. (astronomy) A semiregular variable red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
    • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 325:
      [This is the Scheat of Tycho, the Palermo Catalogue, and modern lists generally, either from Al Sā'id the Upper Part of the Arm, or, as Hyde suggested, from the early Sa'd appearing in the subsequent three pairs of stars. Bayer had Seat Alpheras; Chilmead, Seat Alfaras; Riccioli, Scheat Alpheraz; and Schickard, Saidol-pharazi.]

Synonyms
  • (star in Pegasus): β (beta) Pegasi (primary designation), β Peg (abbreviated form), Beta Pegasi (Latinized form)

Holonyms

References
  • “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 1 June 2018, List of IAU-approved Star Names.
  • “bet Peg”, in The International Variable Star Index, American Association of Variable Star Observers, last revision 25 August 2009, UID 000-BDC-627.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?].

Proper noun

Scheat f

  1. Aludra, the second brightest star in the constellation of Pegasus
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