Scheat
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English
Etymology
From Arabic السَاعِد (as-sāʕid, literally “the forearm”).
Proper noun
Scheat
- (astronomy) A semiregular variable red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
- 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 325:
- [This is the Scheat of Tycho, the Palermo Catalogue, and modern lists generally, either from Al Sā'id the Upper Part of the Arm, or, as Hyde suggested, from the early Sa'd appearing in the subsequent three pairs of stars. Bayer had Seat Alpheras; Chilmead, Seat Alfaras; Riccioli, Scheat Alpheraz; and Schickard, Saidol-pharazi.]
Synonyms
- (star in Pegasus): β (beta) Pegasi (primary designation), β Peg (abbreviated form), Beta Pegasi (Latinized form)
Holonyms
- (star in Pegasus): Pegasus
References
- “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 2018 June 1, List of IAU-approved Star Names.
- “bet Peg”, in The International Variable Star Index, American Association of Variable Star Observers, 2009 August 25, UID 000-BDC-627.
Further reading
Beta Pegasi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- she-cat, taches, cheats, scathe, stache, achest, chaste, he-cats, sachet, 'stache, chates, thecas, 'taches, e-chats
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic السَاعِد (as-sāʕid).
Proper noun
Scheat f