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Sadalsuud=Beta
Zodiac; Water Jar; wet quarter; Saturn and Helix Nebulae
Aquila ...
Beta Aquarii, Sadalsuud, Sadalsud, Sad es Saud, Sadalsund, Saad el Sund
2.90
610
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α
34
Alpha Aquarii, Sadalmelik, Sadal Melik, Sadalmelek, Sadlamulk, El Melik, Saad el Melik, Ruchbah
2.95
760 ...
Albali (ε Aqr), Albulaan (ν Aqr), Ancha (θ Aqr), Hydor (λ Aqr), Hydor (η Aqr), Sadachbia (γ Aqr), Sadalsuud (β Aqr), Sadalmelik (α Aqr), Sadaltager (ζ1 Aqr), Situla (χ Aqr), Skat, (Scheat, δ ...
Alpha Aquarii ("Sadalmelik") and beta Aquarii ("Sadalsuud") are twin supergiants with nearly identical names. The names mean, respectively, "The Lucky One of the King" and "The Luckiest of the Lucky".
Brightest Stars: Sadalsuud, Sadalmelik, Sadachbia. (Their Arabic names translate into "The luck of the king", "The luck of lucks", and "The lucky star of hidden things".
Named stars: Alpha Aqr (Sadalmelik), Beta Aqr (Sadalsuud), Gamma Aqr (Sadachbia), Delta Aqr (Scheat), Epsilon Aqr (Albali)
Info: Aquarius is one of the 13 zodiacal constellations (that is, the Sun passes through it in the course of the year).
The brightest star in the Aquarius constellation is [264], beta Aquarii, also known by its traditional name Sadalsuud. The name derives from the Arabic phrase "sa'd al-suud," meaning "luck of lucks." Beta Aquarii has a magnitude of 2.
Beta Aquarii is called Sadalsuud, from sa'd al-su'ud, possibly meaning ‘luckiest of the lucky'. Gamma Aquarii is Sadachbia, from sa'd al-akhbiya, possibly meaning ‘lucky stars of the tents'.
Alpha Aquarii (the brightest star in Aquarius) is called Sadalmelik (meaning the Lucky One of the King) and beta Aquarii (the second-brightest star in Aquarius) is named Sadalsuud (meaning the Luckiest of the Lucky); they are twin supergiants.
 See also: Star, Aquarius, Sadalmelik, Constellation, Magnitude
  
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