[6279] beta Pegasi is also known as Scheat ("wish"), a name it shares with [266] delta Aquarii. It is a red giant classified as an irregular variable star. It is the second brightest star in Pegasus.
SCHEAT (Beta Pegasi). Scheat (she-at), at the northwest corner of the famed Great Square of Pegasus, rises first to announce the coming appearance of the constellation of the "Winged Horse," which in mythology Perseus rode to rescue Andromeda.
Scheat Beta Pegasi
Scheddi Delta Capricorni
Schedir Alpha Cassiopeiae
Segin Epsilon Cassiopeiae
Seginus Gamma Bootis
Sham Alpha Sagittae
Shaula Lambda Scorpii
Sheliak Beta Lyrae
Sheratan Beta Arietis
Shurnarkabtishashutu Zeta Tauri ...
It lies near the center (22:57:28+20:46:7.8, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Pegasus, the Winged Horse -- northwest of Markab (Alpha Pegasi) and southwest of Scheat (Beta Pegasi).
[ The 5.5-magnitude 51 Pegasi is easily visible in binoculars between Alpha and Beta Pegasi, the western pair of stars in the Great Square of Pegasus. The star's equinox-2000 coordinates are R.A. 22 hours 57 minutes, Dec. +20 degrees 46 minutes. ] ...
The remaining three stars of the Square are Alpha Pegasi, also known as Markab from the Arabic for ‘shoulder'; Beta Pegasi, called Scheat from the Arabic meaning ‘the shin'; and Gamma Pegasi, or Algenib, meaning ‘ ...
 See also: Scheat, Star, Pegasus, Light, Sun
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