Schedar

Its story

Schedar is the orange giant that occupies the breast of Cassiopeia, the queen seated on her celestial throne. Its name comes from the Arabic «al-ṣadr», 'the chest', and its glow drifts subtly across the years. The light that traces the W of the constellation tonight set out about 228 years ago, when the first optical telegraphs were being invented and the sky had not yet entered any schoolbook.