Schedar
Meanings
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- A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star marking the breast of the figure in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism, used for celestial navigation.
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Etymology
From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “breast, chest”), in reference to its position within Cassiopeia.
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