Matar

Its story

Matar belongs to the asterism of Pegasus, a yellow class-G star lying 214 light-years away, similar in colour to the Sun but markedly more evolved. Its name comes from the Arabic «sa'd al-matar», the lucky one of rain, a reference that links medieval astronomy with agricultural weather: at the time, the heliacal rising of this star announced damp seasons in the desert. Today it lingers as a golden wink among the constellations of the northern autumn.