Schedar
English
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A depiction of Cassiopeia. The label Schedir can be found on one of the breasts.
Etymology
From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “breast, chest”), in reference to its position within Cassiopeia.[1]
Proper noun
Schedar
- (astronomy) Alpha Cassiopeiae, a star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.
References
- Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) Star-names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, OCLC 1285139, page 145