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 derives from the Arabic - either from Al Sa'id, meaning "The Upper Arm" or from Sa'd, meaning lucky or fortunate. Related names are Sheat or Seat Alpheras ("Alpheras here is derived from the Arabic Al Faras, "The Horse." ...
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The brightness of the red giant star beta,Peg, called Scheat (the shoulder), varies irregularly between 2nd and 3rd magnitude.
The double epsilon Peg, called Enif, is a wide pair, very unequal in brightness.
Scheat Beta Pegasi
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Schedir Alpha Cassiopeiae
Segin Epsilon Cassiopeiae
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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).
[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.
Named Stars: MARKAB (Alpha Peg) SCHEAT (Beta Peg) ALGENIB (Gamma Peg) ENIF (Epsilon Peg) Homam (Zeta Peg) Matar (Eta Peg) Baham (Theta Peg) Salm (Tau Peg) ...
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).
You'll need to be pretty experienced at observing variables to spot the difference that Scheat displays varying in brightness by just half a magnitude! Good hunting.
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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 ...
One of the four stars in the asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus (Alpheratz, Scheat, Markab, Algenib) (The NW corner star.)
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The southwestern-most of the stars of the square is white Markab. Its neighboring corners are deep yellow Scheat and fainter white Algenib. You can probably make out the horse's head, neck and front legs extending to the west.
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: Pegasus, Star, Constellation, Sun, Sky
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