Schedar
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Definition of Schedar
: an orange giant star of the second magnitude that is the brightest star in the constellation Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia, legendary queen of Ethiopia, is immortalized in the heavens with five bright stars forming a flying “W” or “M.” The brightest of these stars is Schedar, a giant star more than 100 light-years away. —Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, 17 Sept. 2009
— called also
Alpha Cassiopeiae
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