Arabic star names / Shedar
Shedar
الصدر
Shedar comes from the Arabic الصدر (al-Ṣadr), which means “the breast”. It is the 72nd-brightest star in the sky, in Cassiopeia.
- Brightness
- 2.24
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Best seen
- November evenings
- Right ascension
- 0h 41m
- Declination
- +56° 32′
The name
The breast of Cassiopeia, the seated queen.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 33°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 58° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 85° above the horizon. Never rises over Sydney.
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