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Scheat
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Variable starIts story
Scheat marks one of the corners of the Great Square of Pegasus and takes its name from the Arabic word for «leg» or «shin». It is a red variable giant: an ancient star pulsing slowly, shifting in brightness over months like a tired heart. At 196 light-years, its reddish light set out when Napoleon was still only a shadow in European history books.
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.44
- Distance
- 196.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 345.944° · Dec 28.083°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113881 · HD 217906
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