Schedar

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A depiction of Cassiopeia. The label Schedir can be found on one of the breasts.

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “breast, chest”), in reference to its position within Cassiopeia.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Schedar

  1. (astronomy) Alpha Cassiopeiae, a star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) Star-names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, →OCLC, page 145
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