Schedar
- HIP
- 3179
- Designation
- 18 Alp Cas
- Bayer designation
- α Cas
- Visual magnitude
- 2.24
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-08-21
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-sadr, "the breast," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.
- Стрела → Кассиопея → ПерсейБожья стрела суда → Церковь — Жена Агнца → Первое восстание
- Дева → Малая Медведица → КассиопеяДева Израиля → Малое стадо → Церковь — Жена Агнца
Other named stars of this constellation: