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Scheat
(SHEE-at)
Beta Pegasi
Names For This Star
Scheat derives from the Arabic - either from Al Sa'id, meaning "The Upper Arm" or from Sa'd, meaning lucky or fortunate. Related names are Sheat or Seat Alpheras ("Alpheras here is derived from the Arabic Al Faras, "The Horse."
Another name for the star is Menkib from Mankib al Faras, "The Horse's Shoulder."
Description of the Star
Scheat is a cool, red M2.5II-III bright giant or normal giant having a luminosity about 340 times that of the sun.
Burnham lists the diameter of the star as 0.021 arc seconds, which would correspond to 1.3 AU or 280 times the diameter of the sun. Burnham assesses the effective temperature of the star as 3100 K and the mass as five times that of the sun.
According to Burnham the star is an irregular variable whose Visual Magnitude varies between 2.1 and 3.0 with an irregular period.
BF Name: 53Bet Peg
Mult Count: 3
[: starNames
SCHEAT; Sheat; Seat Alpheras; Menkib.
Spectra
Ultraviolet FeII emission.
Variability
Lb 2.31 - 2.74V.
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Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed |
53 Pegasi |
Hipparcos Identifier (HIP Number) |
113881 |
Harvard Revised (HR Number) |
8775 |
Henry Draper Catalog (HD Number) |
217906 |
Bonner Durchmusterung (BD Number) |
BD+27 4480 |
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory compendium (SAO Number) |
90981 |
Fundamental Katalog (FK5 Number) |
870 |
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